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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-3-1
pubmed:abstractText
The electronic structure of two cyclooctatetraene-bridged dinuclear first-row transition metal complexes of the type [(CpM)[(CO)3M']]mu-Cot (M = Cr; M' = Fe (1), Cr (2)) was investigated by complete active space self-consistent field (CASSCF) calculations. In this context the differences in the binding capabilities of the complex fragments CpM and (CO)3M are discussed on the basis of extended Huckel molecular orbital (MO) calculations. The geometries used for the CASSCF calculations for complex 1 were obtained from the crystal structure. For 2 a model structure was established by geometry optimization using density functional methods. The CASSCF results agree well with the experimental findings and provide insight into the binding situation of the two compounds. Complex 1 can be regarded as being composed of a chromocene-like subunit CpCr(eta5-C5H5) and the fragment (CO)3Fe(eta3-C3H3). A direct metal-metal bond is found, involving one initially singly occupied orbital of each fragment, leading to a doublet ground state for 1 with the remaining unpaired electron localized at the chromium center. For 2 no such direct metal-metal bond can be recognized. A very weak direct metal-metal interaction is induced by electron donation from the Cot2- ligand into a formally unoccupied metal-metal binding orbital combination. In the quartet ground state all three unpaired electrons are localized at the chromium center of the formally doubly positive charged CpCr unit, on which complex fragment [(CO)3Cr(eta5-Cot)]2- acts like a cyclopentadienyl ligand. The coordination sphere of the chromium center of the CpCr unit resembles that of a metallocene metal center and its metal 3d occupation scheme corresponds to that of vanadocene.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0020-1669
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
21
pubmed:volume
39
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
658-64
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-10-31
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Electronic structure of [(CpCr)[(CO)3M]]mu-Cot (M = Cr, Fe): a theoretical study.
pubmed:affiliation
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-8380, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article