TY - JOUR
T1 - Investigations of the electronic structure of arene-bridged diuranium complexes
AU - Vlaisavljevich, Bess
AU - Diaconescu, Paula L.
AU - Lukens, Wayne L.
AU - Gagliardi, Laura
AU - Cummins, Christopher C.
PY - 2013/3/11
Y1 - 2013/3/11
N2 - The electronic structure of the arene-bridged complex (μ-toluene)U 2(N[tBu]Ar)4 (1a2-μ-toluene, Ar = 3,5-C6H3Me2) has been studied in relation to a variety of mononuclear uranium amide complexes, and their properties have been discussed comparatively. The syntheses, molecular structures (X-ray crystal structures and solution behavior based on variable-temperature NMR spectroscopic data), and corresponding spectroscopic (X-ray absorption near-edge structure and UV-vis-near-IR absorption) and magnetic properties are presented and interpreted with reference to results of density functional theory (DFT) and complete active space self-consistent field with corrections from second-order perturbation theory (CASSCF/CASPT2) calculations performed on model compounds. While the mononuclear compounds display expected electronic and magnetic properties for uranium complexes, 1a2-μ-toluene shows complicated properties in contrast. XANES spectroscopy, X-ray crystallography, and both density functional and CASSCF/CASPT2 results are consistent with the following electronic structure interpretation: f orbitals host the unpaired electrons, followed energetically by two δ bonds formed by filled uranium f orbitals and LUMOs of toluene.
AB - The electronic structure of the arene-bridged complex (μ-toluene)U 2(N[tBu]Ar)4 (1a2-μ-toluene, Ar = 3,5-C6H3Me2) has been studied in relation to a variety of mononuclear uranium amide complexes, and their properties have been discussed comparatively. The syntheses, molecular structures (X-ray crystal structures and solution behavior based on variable-temperature NMR spectroscopic data), and corresponding spectroscopic (X-ray absorption near-edge structure and UV-vis-near-IR absorption) and magnetic properties are presented and interpreted with reference to results of density functional theory (DFT) and complete active space self-consistent field with corrections from second-order perturbation theory (CASSCF/CASPT2) calculations performed on model compounds. While the mononuclear compounds display expected electronic and magnetic properties for uranium complexes, 1a2-μ-toluene shows complicated properties in contrast. XANES spectroscopy, X-ray crystallography, and both density functional and CASSCF/CASPT2 results are consistent with the following electronic structure interpretation: f orbitals host the unpaired electrons, followed energetically by two δ bonds formed by filled uranium f orbitals and LUMOs of toluene.
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U2 - 10.1021/om3010367
DO - 10.1021/om3010367
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84874906563
SN - 0276-7333
VL - 32
SP - 1341
EP - 1352
JO - Organometallics
JF - Organometallics
IS - 5
ER -