How Bulky Is a Bulky Ligand: Energetic Consequences of Steric Constraint in Ligand-Directed Cluster Assembly and Disassembly
摘要:
Steric tuning of N-aryl groups of homologous amidinate ligands affords discrete dimeric and tetrameric copper(I) clusters in solid state, but they undergo dynamic dimer-dimer and tetramer-dimer interconversion in solution. A delicate interplay between steric constraint and mechanical stability shapes the reaction coordinate of this process. Thermodynamic and kinetic parameters dictating such cluster assembly and disassembly immediately suggest a means to experimentally quantify energies that are associated with ligand steric bulk.
How Bulky Is a Bulky Ligand: Energetic Consequences of Steric Constraint in Ligand-Directed Cluster Assembly and Disassembly
摘要:
Steric tuning of N-aryl groups of homologous amidinate ligands affords discrete dimeric and tetrameric copper(I) clusters in solid state, but they undergo dynamic dimer-dimer and tetramer-dimer interconversion in solution. A delicate interplay between steric constraint and mechanical stability shapes the reaction coordinate of this process. Thermodynamic and kinetic parameters dictating such cluster assembly and disassembly immediately suggest a means to experimentally quantify energies that are associated with ligand steric bulk.
Copper clusters built on bulky amidinate ligands: spin delocalization via superexchange rather than direct metal–metal bonding
作者:Xuan Jiang、John C. Bollinger、Mu-Hyun Baik、Dongwhan Lee
DOI:10.1039/b412152j
日期:——
Entry into a new class of tetra- and dicopper clusters was assisted by a fine steric tuning of bulky amidinate ligands that provide spin-delocalizing superexchange pathways in class III mixed-valence clusters, the properties of which are best understood without invoking metal-metalbonding.