Endothermic halogen elimination reactions, in which molecular halogen photoproducts are generated in the absence of chemical traps, are rare. Inspired by the proclivity of mononuclear Ni(III) complexes to participate in challenging bond-forming reactions in organometallic chemistry, we targeted Ni(III) trihalide complexes as platforms to explore halogen photoelimination. A suite of Ni(III) trihalide complexes supported by bidentate phosphine ligands has been synthesized and characterized. Multinuclear NMR, EPR, and electronic absorption spectroscopies, as well as single-crystal X-ray diffraction, have been utilized to characterize this suite of complexes as distorted square pyramidal, S = 1/2 mononuclear Ni(III) complexes. All complexes participate in clean halogen photoelimination in solution and in the solid state. Evolved halogen has been characterized by mass spectrometry and quantified chemically. Energy storage via halogen elimination was established by solution-phase calorimetry measurements; in all cases, halogen elimination is substantially endothermic. Time-resolved photochemical experiments have revealed a relatively long-lived photointermediate, which we assign to be a Ni(II) complex in which the photoextruded chlorine radical interacts with a ligand-based aryl group. Computational studies suggest that the observed intermediate arises from a dissociative LMCT excited state. The participation of secondary coordination sphere interactions to suppress back-reactions is an attractive design element in the development of energy-storing halogen photoelimination involving first-row transition metal complexes.
Trap-Free Halogen Photoelimination from Mononuclear Ni(III) Complexes
作者:Seung Jun Hwang、David C. Powers、Andrew G. Maher、Bryce L. Anderson、Ryan G. Hadt、Shao-Liang Zheng、Yu-Sheng Chen、Daniel G. Nocera
DOI:10.1021/jacs.5b03192
日期:2015.5.27
Halogen photoelimination reactions constitute the oxidative half-reaction of closed HX-splitting energy storage cycles. Here, we report high-yielding, endothermic Cl2 photoelimination chemistry from mononuclear Ni(III) complexes. On the basis of time-resolved spectroscopy and steady-state photocrystallography experiments, a mechanism involving ligand-assisted halogen elimination is proposed. Employing
卤素光消除反应构成闭合的 HX 分裂能量存储循环的氧化半反应。在这里,我们报告了单核 Ni(III) 配合物的高产、吸热 Cl2 光消除化学。在时间分辨光谱和稳态光晶体学实验的基础上,提出了一种涉及配体辅助卤素消除的机制。采用辅助配体促进消除提供了一种策略,可以规避 3d 金属配合物固有的短寿命激发态,以激活具有热力学挑战性的键。
Avetikyan, G. B.; Naslednikova, G. I.; Kukushkin, Yu. N., Russian Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 1987, vol. 32, p. 1805 - 1805
作者:Avetikyan, G. B.、Naslednikova, G. I.、Kukushkin, Yu. N.