Js. Craw et al., NEAR DOUBLING OF H-H BOND-LENGTH IN THE STRETCHED OSMIUM MOLECULAR-HYDROGEN COMPLEX [OS(NH3)4OAC(ETA-2-H2)]- A THEORETICAL-STUDY( ), Inorganic chemistry, 32(11), 1993, pp. 2230-2231
Using ab initio quantum chemical methods the structure of the osmium c
omplex [Os(NH3)4OAc-(eta2-H-2)]+ has been studied. The hydrogen is fou
nd to bind to the Os in a sideways fashion. The potential energy surfa
ce with respect to the H-H stretch is predicted to be extremely shallo
w; thus, electron correlation accounted for at the MP2 level of theory
has a large effect on bot-h the H-H bond length and the stretching fo
rce constant. The predicted (MP2) H-H and Os-H distances are 1.39 and
1.58 angstrom respectively, and compare favorably with the analogous e
xperimental values of 1.34 +/- 0.0.02 and 1.60 +/- 0.01 angstrom obser
ved for [Os(en2)4OAc(eta2-H-2)]+ (Hasegawa, T.; Koetzle, T. J.; Li, Z.
; Parkin, S.; McMullan. R.; Taube. H. 29th International Conference on
Coordination Chemistry; Lausanne, Switzerland 1992).