Multiply bonded metal(II) acetate (rhodium, ruthenium, and molybdenum) complexes with the trans-1,2-bis(N-methylimidazol-2-yl)ethylene ligand

Nico Fritsch; Christian R Wick; Thomas Waidmann; Pavlo O Dral; Johannes Tucher; Frank W Heinemann; Tatyana E Shubina; Timothy Clark; Nicolai Burzlaff

doi:10.1021/ic501435a

Multiply bonded metal(II) acetate (rhodium, ruthenium, and molybdenum) complexes with the trans-1,2-bis(N-methylimidazol-2-yl)ethylene ligand

Inorg Chem. 2014 Dec 1;53(23):12305-14. doi: 10.1021/ic501435a. Epub 2014 Nov 13.

Authors

Nico Fritsch¹, Christian R Wick, Thomas Waidmann, Pavlo O Dral, Johannes Tucher, Frank W Heinemann, Tatyana E Shubina, Timothy Clark, Nicolai Burzlaff

Affiliation

¹ Inorganic Chemistry and Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials, Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg , Egerlandstraße 1, 91058 Erlangen, Germany.

PMID: 25393757
DOI: 10.1021/ic501435a

Abstract

The synthesis and structural characterization of new coordination polymers with the N,N-donor ligand trans-1,2-bis(N-methylimidazol-2-yl)ethylene (trans-bie) are reported. It was found that the acetate-bridged paddlewheel metal(II) complexes [M2(O2CCH3)4(trans-bie)]n with M = Rh, Ru, Mo, and Cr are linked by the trans-bie ligand to give a one-dimensional alternating chain. The metal-metal multiple bonds were analyzed with density functional theory and CASSCF/CASPT2 calculations (bond orders: Rh, 0.8; Ru, 1.7; Mo, 3.3).