Ged. Mullen et al., An investigation of C-S bond activation in transition metal crown thioether complexes using extended Huckel theory and electrospray mass spectrometry, J CHEM S DA, (21), 1999, pp. 3759-3766
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45
Categorie Soggetti
Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry
Journal title
JOURNAL OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY-DALTON TRANSACTIONS
Complexes of Re and Tc with 1,4,7-trithiacyclononane (9S3) differ from thei
r later transition metal analogues in that their d(6) form ([M(9S3)(2)](+))
undergoes instantaneous C-S bond cleavage yielding ethene and [M(9S3)L](+)
(L= SCH2CH2SCH2CH2S), a stable metal(III) thiolate complex, cleanly in aqu
eous solution. This contrast is interpreted as signifying increased pi-back
donation by Re and Tc, compared to later metals, into ligand C-S sigma* or
bitals. In order to validate this hypothesis within an established theoreti
cal framework, and to compare the predicted relative C-S bond lability with
relative experimental lability in a series of d(6) analogues, extended Huc
kel theory (EHT) was used to investigate the bonding (M=Mo, Tc, Ru, Rh or P
d) while electrospray mass spectrometry (ES-MS) was used to compare ethene
loss, in a series of analogous complexes (M=Tc, Re, Ru or Os). The C-S over
lap populations were smaller for M=Tc-II and Tc-I than for later metal(II)
analogues, and were smaller for Tc-I than for Tc-II. Fragment molecular orb
itals corresponding to C-S sigma* were more highly populated for M=Tc-II an
d Tc-I than for later analogues, and also more highly populated for Tc-I th
an for Tc-II. ES-MS showed that ethene loss from Tc/Re-I and Tc/Re-II compl
exes occurred at much lower energies than from the Ru/Os-II analogues. EHT
supports the hypothesis that C-S activation is caused by pi-back donation i
nto C-S sigma* orbitals, and correctly predicts that ethene loss occurs mor
e readily from rhenium and technetium d(5) and especially d(6) complexes th
an from later transition metal analogues.