| Autor: |
Lichtenberger, D. L., Gruhn, N. E., Rai-Chaudhuri, A., Renshaw, S. K., Gladysz, J. A., Jiao, H., Seyler, J., Igau, A. |
| Zdroj: |
Organometallics; December 2002, Vol. 21 Issue: 25 p5494-5504, 11p |
| Abstrakt: |
The electronic structures of CpRe(NO)(L)R and Cp*Re(NO)(L)R (Cp = η5-C5H5, Cp* = η5-C5(CH3)5; L = CO, P(C6H5)3; R = H, CH3) are studied using gas-phase photoelectron spectroscopy and density functional theory. Separate valence ionizations from the three occupied metal-based orbitals of the d6 Re center, the Re−R σ bond orbitals, and the predominantly Cp e1 pπ orbitals are clearly observed. Comparison of the shapes and energies of the Cp and σ(Re−R) ionizations indicates an additional direct interaction between these orbitals that is sensitive to energy matching. This interaction results in a more delocalized σ-bonding framework for the methyl complexes than for the analogous hydrides and halides. The energy shifts and cross-sections of the metal-based ionizations provide quantitative measures of the different abilities of the nitrosyl, carbonyl, and phosphine ligands to delocalize and stabilize the metal electron density through π back-bonding. In these molecules the stabilization of a metal-based ionization by an NO ligand (~1.4 eV) is about twice that by a CO ligand (~0.7 eV), which is in turn about twice that by a P(C6H5)3 ligand (~0.4 eV). The shifts of the metal-based ionization energies when the hydride ligand is replaced by methyl show that the methyl ligand is acting as a weak π donor. The first metal-based ionization shifts more than the second upon substitution of methyl for hydride, because it is less delocalized and consequently has more metal character for π interaction with the R ligand. This difference in the two metal π orbital distributions, along with the differences in energy, influences the rotational orientation of ligands at this site. The extent of this π interaction is sensitive to the electron richness at the metal center. |
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