From Lindqvist and Keggin ions to electronically inverse hosts: Ab initio modelling of the structure and reactivity of polyoxometalates

Citation
Mm. Rohmer et al., From Lindqvist and Keggin ions to electronically inverse hosts: Ab initio modelling of the structure and reactivity of polyoxometalates, COORD CH RE, 180, 1998, pp. 1019-1049
Citations number
56
Categorie Soggetti
Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry
Journal title
COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS
ISSN journal
00108545 → ACNP
Volume
180
Year of publication
1998
Part
2
Pages
1019 - 1049
Database
ISI
SICI code
0010-8545(199812)180:<1019:FLAKIT>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
This review reports the ab initio Hartree-Fock and DFT calculations which h ave been carried out recently in our two groups in order to investigate the electronic structure of polyoxometalate clusters, either totally oxidized like (V10O28)(6-) or partly reduced such as [PMo12O40(VO)(2)](5-). The appr oach of protons or cationic groups to the external coating of oxygen atoms and their preferred site of fixation can be predicted from the topology of the computed distribution of molecular electrostatic potentials (MEP). The MEP distribution can also be used to get a better understanding of the form ation of inclusion and encapsulation complexes. Hemispherical carcerands li ke (V12O32)(4-) develop a dipolar field in the accessible part of their cav ity susceptible to attract small molecules with a permanent dipole like RCN (R=CH3, C6H5). The "electronically inverse" host anions known to encapsula te anionic species are formed in solution by means of a template mechanism which tends to maximize the electrostatic potential at the place of the gue st anion. A correlation is provided between the topology of the host and it s MEP distribution which explains, from simple geometric considerations, th e differences between electronically normal and electronically inverse host s, and shows that the host cage tends to get adapted not only to the shape of the guest molecule, but also to its electrostatic potential distribution . (C) 1998 Elsevier Science S.A. All rights reserved.