scholarly journals Structure and stability of aquotetrafluorouranyl(VI) in the solid state — Density functional study of [UO2F4(H2O)][NMe4]2·2H2O,

2009 ◽  
Vol 87 (7) ◽  
pp. 818-823 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Bühl

Periodic density functional computations have been performed for solid [UO2F4(H2O)][NMe4]2·2H2O at the BLYP level. A model with disordered fluoro and aquo ligands in the uranyl anion is significantly lower in energy than one with a symmetrical assignment of these sites, which was favored in the original X-ray crystallography study. According to optimized energies and Car–Parrinello molecular dynamics (CPMD) simulations, the [UO2F4(H2O)]2− ion in the solid is stable with respect to loss of the coordinated water molecule. In contrast, CPMD simulations had found this ligand to be unbound in aqueous solution. The role of the counterions in stabilizing the higher coordination number in the crystal is discussed.

Author(s):  
Franz A. Mautner ◽  
Roland C. Fischer ◽  
Ana Torvisco ◽  
Maher M. Henary ◽  
Andrew Milner ◽  
...  

A series of Cu(II)-thiocyanato complexes derived from sterically hindered N-donors diamines were synthesized and characterized: catena-[Cu(Me3en)(μ-NCS)(NCS)] (1), catena-[Cu(NEt2Meen)(μ-NCS)(NCS)] (2), catena-[Cu(N,N,2,2-Me4pn)(μ-NCS)(NCS)] (3), the dimeric: [Cu2(N,N′-isp2en)2(μ-NCS)2(NCS)2] (4) and the monomeric complex [Cu(N,N′-t-Bu2en)(NCS)2] (5), where Me3en = N,N,N′-Trimethylethylenediamine, NEt2Meen = N,N-diethyl-N′-methylethylenediamine, N,N,2,2-Me4pn = N,N,2,2-tetramethylpropylenediamine, N,N′-isp2en = N,N′-diisopropylethylenediamine and N,N′-t-Bu2en = N,N′-di(tert-butyl)ethylenediamine. The complexes were characterized by elemental microanalyse, IR and UV-Vis spectroscopy and single crystal X-ray crystallography. Density Functional Theory was used to evaluate the role of steric effects in compounds 4 and 5 and how this may affect the adaption of a specific geometry, NCS-bonding mode and the dimensionality of the resulting complex.


Crystals ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Franz Mautner ◽  
Roland Fischer ◽  
Ana Torvisco ◽  
Maher Henary ◽  
Andrew Milner ◽  
...  

A series of Cu(II)-isothiocyanato coordination compounds derived from sterically hindered N-donor diamines were synthesized and characterized: catena-[Cu(Me3en)(μ-NCS)(NCS)] (1), catena-[Cu(NEt2Meen)(μ-NCS)(NCS)] (2), catena-[Cu(N,N,2,2-Me4pn)(μ-NCS)(NCS)] (3), the dimeric: [Cu2(N,N′-isp2en)2(µ-NCS)2(NCS)2] (4) and the monomeric compound [Cu(N,N′-t-Bu2en)(NCS)2] (5), where Me3en = N,N,N′-trimethylethylenediamine, NEt2Meen = N,N-diethyl-N′-methylethylenediamine, N,N,2,2-Me4pn = N,N,2,2-tetramethylpropylenediamine, N,N′-isp2en = N,N′-diisopropylethylenediamine and N,N′-t-Bu2en = N,N′-di(tert-butyl)ethylenediamine. The coordination compounds were characterized by elemental microanalyses, IR, and UV–Vis spectroscopy as well as single crystal X-ray crystallography. Density Functional Theory (DFT) was used to evaluate the role of steric effects in compounds 4 and 5 and how this may affect the adaption of a specific geometry, NCS-bonding mode, and the dimensionality of the resulting coordination compound.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Praveen Gunawardene ◽  
Wilson Luo ◽  
Alexander M. Polgar ◽  
John F. Corrigan ◽  
Mark Workentin

<div> <div> <p>Highly accelerated inverse-electron-demand strain-promoted alkyne-nitrone cycloaddition (IED SPANC) between a sta- ble cyclooctyne (bicyclo[6.1.0]nonyne (BCN)) and nitrones delocalized into a Cα-pyridinium functionality is reported, with the most electron-deficient “pyridinium-nitrone” displaying among the most rapid cycloadditions to BCN that is currently reported. Density functional theory (DFT) and X-ray crystallography are explored to rationalize the effects of N- and Cα-substituent modifications at the nitrone on IED SPANC reaction kinetics and the overall rapid reactivity of pyridinium-delocalized nitrones.</p> </div> </div>


2015 ◽  
Vol 112 (16) ◽  
pp. 4935-4940 ◽  
Author(s):  
Na Song ◽  
Javier J. Concepcion ◽  
Robert A. Binstead ◽  
Jennifer A. Rudd ◽  
Aaron K. Vannucci ◽  
...  

In aqueous solution above pH 2.4 with 4% (vol/vol) CH3CN, the complex [RuII(bda)(isoq)2] (bda is 2,2′-bipyridine-6,6′-dicarboxylate; isoq is isoquinoline) exists as the open-arm chelate, [RuII(CO2-bpy-CO2−)(isoq)2(NCCH3)], as shown by 1H and 13C-NMR, X-ray crystallography, and pH titrations. Rates of water oxidation with the open-arm chelate are remarkably enhanced by added proton acceptor bases, as measured by cyclic voltammetry (CV). In 1.0 M PO43–, the calculated half-time for water oxidation is ∼7 μs. The key to the rate accelerations with added bases is direct involvement of the buffer base in either atom–proton transfer (APT) or concerted electron–proton transfer (EPT) pathways.


2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (01n04) ◽  
pp. 337-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Derrick R. Anderson ◽  
Pavlo V. Solntsev ◽  
Hannah M. Rhoda ◽  
Victor N. Nemykin

A presence of bulky 2,6-di-iso-propylphenoxy groups in bis-tert-butylisocyano adduct of 2(3),9(10),16(17),23(24)-tetrachloro-3(2),10(9),17(16),24(23)-tetra(2,6-di-iso-propylphenoxy)-phthalocyaninato iron(II) complex allows separation of two individual positional isomers and a mixture of the remaining two isomers using conventional chromatography. X-ray structures of “[Formula: see text]” and “[Formula: see text]” isomers were confimed by X-ray crystallography. Density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent DFT (TDDFT) calculations of each individual positional isomer allowed insight into their electronic structures and vertical excitation energies, which were correlated with the experimental UV-vis and MCD spectra.


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