Highly Symmetrical Palladium Cluster Complexes with Either Anticuboctahedral or Cuboctahedral Pd₁₃ Core: Theoretical Insight into Factors Determining Symmetrical Structure.

IF 2.7 2区化学 Q3 CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL

The Journal of Physical Chemistry A Pub Date : 2025-02-26 DOI:10.1021/acs.jpca.4c07401

Yu Tian, Bo Zhu, Tetsuro Murahashi, Shigeyoshi Sakaki

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Abstract

One of the important open questions is what factor(s) determines the symmetry of the structure of the metal nanocluster complex. [Pd₁₃(μ-Cl)₃(μ₄-C₁₆H₁₆)₆]⁺ (Anti-μ₄; C₁₆H₁₆ = [2.2]paracyclophane) has an anticuboctahedral Pd₁₃ core unlike [Pd₁₃(μ₄-C₇H₇)₆]²⁺ with cuboctahedral Pd₁₃ core. DFT calculations show that Anti-μ₄ is more stable than isomers, [Pd₁₃(μ-Cl)₃(μ₃-C₁₆H₁₆)₃(μ₄-C₁₆H₁₆)₃]⁺ and [Pd₁₃(μ-Cl)₃(μ₂-C₁₆H₁₆)₃(μ₄-C₁₆H₁₆)₃]⁺ with cuboctahedral Pd₁₃ core (Cubo-μ₃,μ₄ and Cubo-μ₂,μ₄, respectively) and [Pd₁₃(μ-Cl)₃(μ₃-C₁₆H₁₆)₆]⁺ with distorted icosahedral Pd₁₃ core (dis-Ih-μ₃). Not the stabilities of [Pd₁₃(μ-Cl)₃]⁺ core and (C₁₆H₁₆)₆ ligand-shell but rather the interaction energy (E_int) between [Pd₁₃(μ-Cl)₃]⁺ and (C₁₆H₁₆)₆ ligand-shell determines stabilities of these complexes. μ₄-C₁₆H₁₆ coordination bond is stronger than μ₂- and μ₃-coordination bonds, leading to a larger E_int value in Anti-μ₄ than in isomers bearing μ₂- or μ₃-coordination bond. An icosahedral Pd₁₃ core is not favorable for these Pd₁₃ complexes because of the absence of a Pd₄ plane. [Pd₁₃(μ-Cl)₃(μ₄-C₁₆H₁₆)₆]⁺ with cuboctahedral Pd₁₃ (Cubo-μ₄) is not stable despite the presence of six Pd₄ planes, because its three Pd₄ planes with μ-Cl ligand cannot form μ₄-C₁₆H₁₆ coordination bond due to steric repulsion of C₁₆H₁₆ with the μ-Cl ligand. In contrast, Anti-μ₄ is stable because it has six Pd₄ planes with no Cl ligand to form strong μ₄-C₁₆H₁₆ coordination bonds without steric repulsion. Also, discussion is presented on the difference in symmetry between [Pd₁₃(μ-Cl)₃(μ₄-C₁₆H₁₆)₆]⁺ and [Pd₁₃(μ₄-C₇H₇)₆]²⁺.

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The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 化学-物理：原子、分子和化学物理

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5.20

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10.30%

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922

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1.3 months

期刊介绍： The Journal of Physical Chemistry A is devoted to reporting new and original experimental and theoretical basic research of interest to physical chemists, biophysical chemists, and chemical physicists.