کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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1311041 | 975278 | 2005 | 9 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |

A combined computational chemistry/crystallographic database analysis of the bonding in late transition metal N-heterocyclic carbene complexes (NHCs) is reported. The metal–carbon bond in these complexes is approximately 4% shorter than a prototypical M–C single bond, e.g., as in a metal–alkyl complex. Two hypotheses are investigated for this bond shortening – multiple-bond character in the metal–carbon linkage of the NHC complex, and a change in the hybridization of the carbenoid carbon to incorporate more p character. The results of this research support the latter hypothesis. The natural bond order analysis also suggests a substantial trans influence for NHC ligands.
A combined computational chemistry/crystallographic database analysis of the bonding in late transition metal N-heterocyclic carbene complexes is reported. The metal–carbon bond in these complexes is approximately 4% shorter than a prototypical M–C single bond, e.g., as in a metal–alkyl complex. The results of this research support a change in the hybridization of the carbenoid carbon to incorporate more p character, and not metal–carbon multiple bonding, as the cause of the bond shortening.Figure optionsDownload as PowerPoint slide
Journal: Inorganica Chimica Acta - Volume 358, Issue 10, 15 June 2005, Pages 2867–2875