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Synthesis, Characterization, and Comparative Theoretical Investigation of Dinitrogen-Bridged Group 6-Gold Heterobimetallic Complexes.

ABSTRACT: We have prepared and characterized a series of unprecedented group 6-group 11, N₂-bridged, heterobimetallic [ML₄(η¹-N₂)(μ-η¹:η¹-N₂)Au(NHC)]⁺ complexes (M = Mo, W, L₂ = diphosphine) by treatment of trans-[ML₄(N₂)₂] with a cationic gold(I) complex [Au(NHC)]⁺. The adducts are very labile in solution and in the solid, especially in the case of molybdenum, and decomposition pathways are likely initiated by electron transfers from the zerovalent group 6 atom to gold. Spectroscopic and structural parameters point to the fact that the gold adducts are very similar to Lewis pairs formed out of strong main-group Lewis acids (LA) and low-valent, end-on dinitrogen complexes, with a bent M-N-N-Au motif. To verify how far the analogy goes, we computed the electronic structures of [W(depe)₂(η¹-N₂)(μ-η¹:η¹-N₂)AuNHC]⁺ (10_W⁺) and [W(depe)₂(η¹-N₂)(μ-η¹:η¹-N₂)B(C₆F₅)₃] (11_W). A careful analysis of the frontier orbitals of both compounds shows that a filled orbital resulting from the combination of the π* orbital of the bridging N₂ with a d orbital of the group 6 metal overlaps in 10_W⁺ with an empty sd hybrid orbital at gold, whereas in 11_W with an sp³ hybrid orbital at boron. The bent N-N-LA arrangement maximizes these interactions, providing a similar level of N₂ "push-pull" activation in the two compounds. In the gold case, the HOMO-2 orbital is further delocalized to the empty carbenic p orbital, and an NBO analysis suggests an important electrostatic component in the μ-N₂-[Au(NHC)]⁺ bond.

SUBMITTER: Specklin D

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8058778 | biostudies-literature |

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