Structure, Photophysical Properties, and DFT Calculations of Selenide-Centered Pentacapped Trigonal Prismatic Silver(I) Clusters
作者:C. W. Liu、Ching-Shiang Feng、Rei-Jen Fu、Hao-Wei Chang、Jean-Yves Saillard、Samia Kahlal、Ju-Chun Wang、I-Jy Chang
DOI:10.1021/ic902571q
日期:2010.6.7
Undecanuclear silver clusters [Ag(11)(mu(g)-Se)(mu(3)-Br)(3)Se(2)P(OR)(2)}(6)] (R = Et, (1)Pr, (2)Bu) were isolated from the reaction of [Ag(CH(3)CN)(4)](PF(6)), NH(4)[Se(2)P(OR)(2)], and Bu(4)NBr in a molar ratio of 4:3:1 in CH(2)Cl(2) at -20 degrees C. Clusters were characterized by elemental analysis, NMR spectroscopy ((1)H, (31)P, and (77)Se), positive FAB mass spectrometry, and X-ray crystallography of the isopropyl derivative, Structural elucidations revealed that the Ag(11)Se core geometry of clusters is a selenide-centered, slightly distorted 3,3,4,4,4-pentacapped trigonal prism surrounded by six diselenophosphato ligands, each in a tetrametallic tetraconnective (mu(2),mu(2)) coordination mode, and three mu(3)-bromide anions. All compounds exhibited orange luminescence both as a solid and in solution. The electronic structure of these clusters was studied by DFT calculations, and their optical properties were rationalized through a TDDFT investigation. The computed metrical parameters of the clusters were consistent with the corresponding X-ray data of [Ag(11)(mu g-Se)(mu(3)-Br)(3)Se(2)P(O(i)Pr)(2)}(6)]. The theoretical investigations affirmed that the low-energy absorptions as well as emissions were due to transitions from an orbital mostly of a selenophosphate ligand/central Se atom character to an orbital of metal character.