Synthesis and Characterization of Silver(I), Gold(I), and Gold(III) Complexes Bearing Amino-Functionalized N-Heterocyclic Carbenes

Topf, Christoph and Hirtenlehner, Christa and Zabel, Manfred and List, Manuela and Fleck, Michel and Monkowius, Uwe (2011) Synthesis and Characterization of Silver(I), Gold(I), and Gold(III) Complexes Bearing Amino-Functionalized N-Heterocyclic Carbenes. ORGANOMETALLICS, 30 (10). pp. 2755-2764. ISSN 0276-7333,

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Abstract

1-[2-(Dialkylamino)ethyl]-3-methylimidazolium salts (alkyl = Me (1a), i-Pr (1b)) have been prepared and used as precursors for the synthesis of the corresponding [(NHC)(2)Ag] [AgCl2] complexes (NHC = N-heterocyclic carbene, Me (2a), i-Pr (2b)). Upon treatment of 2a with HBF4, crystals of the unprecedented, NHC-stabilized silver cluster [(NHC)(4)Ag10Cl10] (5) were obtained and characterized by X-ray diffraction. The crystal structure reveals that the carbene carbon atom exists in the rare mu(2)-coordination pattern, bridging two Ag(I) atoms with further stabilization of the cluster by numerous argentophilic interactions and a coordination of the amino nitrogen donor to one of the silver atoms. Transmetalation of 2a,b with (R2S)AuCl leads to the respective Au(I) complexes 3a,b, which are further oxidized with Br-2 to (NHC)AuBr2Cl(4a,b). In red crystals of 4a the gold atom is coordinated in the unusual square-pyramidal geometry with the amine nitrogen atom in the axial position. Upon dissolution in wet organic solvents the amino group is protonated and the color changes to yellow. In square-planar Au(III) halide complexes electronic absorption spectra are dominated by LMCT absorption bands, but in the case of a square-pyramidal coordination sphere the d(z2) orbital is destabilized, becoming the HOMO and causing a low-energy d-d absorption. This interpretation is supported by DFT calculations.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: EFFECTIVE CORE POTENTIALS; MOLECULAR-ORBITAL METHODS; GAUSSIAN-TYPE BASIS; STRUCTURAL-CHARACTERIZATION; ELECTRONIC-STRUCTURES; CRYSTAL-STRUCTURES; ORGANIC-MOLECULES; LIGANDS; DINUCLEAR; CATALYSIS;
Subjects: 500 Science > 540 Chemistry & allied sciences
Divisions: Chemistry and Pharmacy > Central Analytical Services
Depositing User: Dr. Gernot Deinzer
Date Deposited: 15 Jun 2020 08:42
Last Modified: 15 Jun 2020 08:42
URI: https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/20801

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