Document Type
Post-Print
Publication Date
2018
Abstract
Reaction of the tricopper(I)-dinitrogen tris(β-diketiminate) cyclophane, Cu3(N2)L, with O-atom-transfer reagents or elemental Se affords the oxido-bridged tricopper complex Cu3(μ3-O)L (2) or the corresponding Cu3(μ3-Se)L (4), respectively. For 2 and 4, incorporation of the bridging chalcogen donor was supported by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry and K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) data. Cu L2,3-edge X-ray absorption data quantify 49.5% Cu 3d character in the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital of 2, with Cu 3d participation decreasing to 33.0% in 4 and 40.8% in the related sulfide cluster Cu3(μ3-S)L (3). Multiedge XAS and UV/visible/near-IR spectra are employed to benchmark density functional theory calculations, which describe the copper-chalcogen interactions as highly covalent across the series of [Cu3(μ-E)]3+ clusters. This result highlights that the metal-ligand covalency is not reserved for more formally oxidized metal centers (i.e., CuIII + O2- vs CuII + O-) but rather is a significant contributor even at more typical ligand-field cases (i.e., Cu3II/II/I + E2-). This bonding is reminiscent of that observed in p-block elements rather than in early-transition-metal complexes.
Identifier
PMID: 30160943
DOI
10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b01000
Publisher
American Chemical Society
Repository Citation
Cook, B. J., Di Francesco, G. N., Ferreira, R. B., Lukens, J. T., Silberstein, K. E., Keegan, B. C., Catalano, V., J., ... & Murray, L. J. (2018). Chalcogen impact on covalency within molecular [Cu3(μ3-E)]3+ clusters (E = O, S, Se): A synthetic, spectroscopic, and computational study. Inorganic Chemistry, 57(18), 11382-11392. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b01000
Publication Information
Inorganic Chemistry