Preparation and Electronic Structure of Substituted Aromatic Dithiolene Complexes of Gold(III)
摘要:
Ab initio calculations on the complex ion bis(benzene-1,2-dithiolato)aurate(III), I, have been performed and show that the two highest occupied MO's have pi-character and correspond to the symmetric and antisymmetric combination of the pure ligand HOMO's with only a very small contribution from gold orbitals. Both ligand and metal orbitals contribute significantly to the LUMO which has sigma-character. A series of 10 derivatives of I have been prepared and isolated as tetra-n-butylammonium salts. The electronic spectra of these species show two symmetry-forbidden transitions in good agreement with calculations. A spectrochemical series is proposed and related to the electron-releasing efficiency of the substituents. Comparison of the potentials for the reversible oxidation of the complexes (measured by cyclic voltammetry) with the energy of the lowest lying electronic transition reveals a linear relationship which is discussed in terms of the degree of charge transfer from ligands to metal. Improved synthesis of some of the ligands is reported.
Preparation and Electronic Structure of Substituted Aromatic Dithiolene Complexes of Gold(III)
作者:N. C. Schiodt、P. Sommer-Larsen、T. Bjornholm、M. Folmer Nielsen、J. Larsen、K. Bechgaard
DOI:10.1021/ic00118a016
日期:1995.7
Ab initio calculations on the complex ion bis(benzene-1,2-dithiolato)aurate(III), I, have been performed and show that the two highest occupied MO's have pi-character and correspond to the symmetric and antisymmetric combination of the pure ligand HOMO's with only a very small contribution from gold orbitals. Both ligand and metal orbitals contribute significantly to the LUMO which has sigma-character. A series of 10 derivatives of I have been prepared and isolated as tetra-n-butylammonium salts. The electronic spectra of these species show two symmetry-forbidden transitions in good agreement with calculations. A spectrochemical series is proposed and related to the electron-releasing efficiency of the substituents. Comparison of the potentials for the reversible oxidation of the complexes (measured by cyclic voltammetry) with the energy of the lowest lying electronic transition reveals a linear relationship which is discussed in terms of the degree of charge transfer from ligands to metal. Improved synthesis of some of the ligands is reported.