Synthesis and Analysis of a Family of Cerium(IV) Halide and Pseudohalide Compounds
摘要:
The first complete series of isostructural cerium(IV) halide complexes in a conserved ligand framework was isolated by halogen-exchange reactions of CeF[N(SiMe3)(2)](3) with Me3SiX (X = Cl-, Br-, I-). The use of Me3SiX reagents represents a useful method for obtaining cerium(IV) complexes. Spectroscopic, electrochemical, and computational analyses were used to describe the effects of halide coordination on the cerium(IV) metal center. Cerium(IV) complexes of the pseudohalide ligands: N-3(-) and NCS- were also synthesized and evaluated in comparison to the halide congeners. The results showed that the complexes exhibited reduction potentials and electronic absorption energies that varied with the identity of the halide or pseudohalide ligand.
Synthesis and Analysis of a Family of Cerium(IV) Halide and Pseudohalide Compounds
摘要:
The first complete series of isostructural cerium(IV) halide complexes in a conserved ligand framework was isolated by halogen-exchange reactions of CeF[N(SiMe3)(2)](3) with Me3SiX (X = Cl-, Br-, I-). The use of Me3SiX reagents represents a useful method for obtaining cerium(IV) complexes. Spectroscopic, electrochemical, and computational analyses were used to describe the effects of halide coordination on the cerium(IV) metal center. Cerium(IV) complexes of the pseudohalide ligands: N-3(-) and NCS- were also synthesized and evaluated in comparison to the halide congeners. The results showed that the complexes exhibited reduction potentials and electronic absorption energies that varied with the identity of the halide or pseudohalide ligand.
Synthesis, Bonding, and Reactivity of a Cerium(IV) Fluoride Complex
作者:Ursula J. Williams、Jerome R. Robinson、Andrew J. Lewis、Patrick J. Carroll、Patrick J. Walsh、Eric J. Schelter
DOI:10.1021/ic402769u
日期:2014.1.6
Oxidation of Ce[N(SiMe3)(2)](3) in the presence of PF6- or BF4- afforded isolation of CeF[N(SiMe3)(2)](3). Structural and electrochemical characterization shows that this compound is in its tetravalent oxidation state and contains a terminal fluoride ligand. Spectroscopy and density functional theory have been used to characterize the Ce-F bond as ionic, which is reinforced by an initial reactivity study that demonstrates the nucleophilicity of the fluoride ligand.