A Ketimide-Stabilized Palladium Nanocluster with a Hexagonal Aromatic Pd<sub>7</sub> Core
作者:Andrew W. Cook、Peter Hrobárik、Peter L. Damon、Guang Wu、Trevor W. Hayton
DOI:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b03276
日期:2020.1.21
mixed-valent Pd(I)/Pd(0) product. Complex 1 features a hexagonal planar [Pd7]6+ core stabilized by six ketimide ligands, which surround the [Pd7]6+ center in an alternating up/down fashion. In situ NMR spectroscopic studies, as well as density functional theory (DFT) calculations, suggest that 1 is formed via the intermediacy of the bimetallic Pd(II) ketimide complex, [(tBu2C═N)Pd(μ-N,C-N═C(tBu)C(Me)2CH2)Pd(N═CtBu2)]
在这里,我们报告通过PdCl2(PhCN)2和Li(N═CtBu2)的反应,合成和表征混合价,酮亚胺稳定的Pd7纳米片[Pd7(N═CtBu2)6](1)。反应中还会生成tBuCN,异丁烯和异丁烷。这些产物的存在表明,Li(N = CtBu2)在转化中起还原剂的作用,将Pd(II)起始原料转化为混合价Pd(I)/ Pd(0)产物。配合物1的特征是由六个酮亚胺基配体稳定的六角形平面[Pd7] 6+核,它们以交替向上/向下的方式围绕[Pd7] 6+中心。原位NMR光谱研究以及密度泛函理论(DFT)计算表明,1是通过双金属Pd(II)酮亚胺化物络合物[[tBu2C═N] Pd(μ-N,CN═C (tBu)C(Me)2CH2)Pd(N═CtBu2)](2)。DFT计算还显示,1是具有六边形对称性的全金属芳族纳米簇的稀有实例,其净变径环电流维持在10.6 nA / T,与苯(11.8 nA / T)