[Pd4(μ3-SbMe3)4(SbMe3)4]: A Pd(0) tetrahedron with μ3-bridging trimethylantimony ligands

Benjamin, SL ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5038-1599, Krämer, T, Levason, W, Light, ME, Macgregor, SA and Reid, G, 2016. [Pd4(μ3-SbMe3)4(SbMe3)4]: A Pd(0) tetrahedron with μ3-bridging trimethylantimony ligands. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 138 (22), pp. 6964-6967. ISSN 0002-7863

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Abstract

The palladium(II) chlorostibine complex [PdCl2(SbMe2Cl)2]2 has a dimeric structure in the solid state, stabilized by hyper-coordination at the Lewis amphoteric Sb centers. Reaction with 8 equiv of MeLi forms [Pd4(μ3-SbMe3)4(SbMe3)4], whose structure comprises a tetrahedral Pd(0) core with four terminal SbMe3 ligands and four μ3-SbMe3 ligands, one capping each triangular Pd3 face. Density functional theory calculations, supported by energy decomposition analysis and the natural orbitals for chemical valence scheme, highlight significant donor and acceptor orbital contributions to the bonding between both the terminal and the bridging SbMe3 ligands and the Pd4 core.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Journal of the American Chemical Society
Creators:	Benjamin, S.L., Krämer, T., Levason, W., Light, M.E., Macgregor, S.A. and Reid, G.
Publisher:	American Chemical Society
Date:	20 May 2016
Volume:	138
Number:	22
ISSN:	0002-7863
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1021/jacs.6b04060 DOI
Divisions:	Schools > School of Science and Technology
Record created by:	Jonathan Gallacher
Date Added:	26 Jul 2016 12:49
Last Modified:	18 Oct 2017 12:17
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/28205

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