Chiral Conducting Salts of Nickel Dithiolene Complexes
摘要:
Conducting and chiral [Ni(dmit)(2)] dithiolene salts were obtained by electrocrystallization of the radical [n-Bu4N][Ni(dmit)(2)] salt in the presence of chiral, enantiopure trimethylammonium cations. Three different cations were investigated, namely, (R)-Ph(Me)HC*-NMe3+, (S)-(Bu-t)(Me)HC*-NMe3+, and (S)-(1-Napht)MeHC*-NMe3+, noted (R)4, (S)-2, and (S)-3. Salts of 1:3 stoichiometry were obtained with (R)-1 and (S)-2, formulated as [(R)-1][Ni(dmit)(2)](3) and [(S)-2][Ni(dmit)(2)](3)center dot(CH3CN)(2). They both crystallize in the P2(1)2(1)2(1) chiral space group, with three crystallographically independent complexes exhibiting different oxidation degrees. Another salt with 2:5 stoichiometry was isolated with (S)-3. The semiconducting character of the three salts (sigma(RT) = 20-30 X 10(-3) S cm(-1)) finds its origin in a strong electron localization, favored by the large number of crystallographically independent [Ni(dmit)2] complexes in these chiral structures and their association into weakly interacting dimeric or trimeric motifs. Racemic salts with the same cations, obtained only with difficulties with the tert-butyl-containing (rac)-2 cation, afforded similar trimerized structures. The observed unusual stoichiometry and strong charge localization is tentatively assigned to the size and anisotropic charge distribution of the cations.
Chiral Conducting Salts of Nickel Dithiolene Complexes
摘要:
Conducting and chiral [Ni(dmit)(2)] dithiolene salts were obtained by electrocrystallization of the radical [n-Bu4N][Ni(dmit)(2)] salt in the presence of chiral, enantiopure trimethylammonium cations. Three different cations were investigated, namely, (R)-Ph(Me)HC*-NMe3+, (S)-(Bu-t)(Me)HC*-NMe3+, and (S)-(1-Napht)MeHC*-NMe3+, noted (R)4, (S)-2, and (S)-3. Salts of 1:3 stoichiometry were obtained with (R)-1 and (S)-2, formulated as [(R)-1][Ni(dmit)(2)](3) and [(S)-2][Ni(dmit)(2)](3)center dot(CH3CN)(2). They both crystallize in the P2(1)2(1)2(1) chiral space group, with three crystallographically independent complexes exhibiting different oxidation degrees. Another salt with 2:5 stoichiometry was isolated with (S)-3. The semiconducting character of the three salts (sigma(RT) = 20-30 X 10(-3) S cm(-1)) finds its origin in a strong electron localization, favored by the large number of crystallographically independent [Ni(dmit)2] complexes in these chiral structures and their association into weakly interacting dimeric or trimeric motifs. Racemic salts with the same cations, obtained only with difficulties with the tert-butyl-containing (rac)-2 cation, afforded similar trimerized structures. The observed unusual stoichiometry and strong charge localization is tentatively assigned to the size and anisotropic charge distribution of the cations.