{"title":"In-silico investigation on electronic structures and electronic absorption spectra of quintuply bonded dimolybdenum complexes Mo2[μ-RʹC(N-2,6-iPr2-4-RC6H2)2]2 (Rʹ = H, Ph; R = H, CH3, OCH3, F, Cl, and CF3)","authors":"Nayera Anjum , Tanmoy Chakraborty , Suman Mallick","doi":"10.1016/j.poly.2025.117636","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The electronic absorption spectra of the quintuply bonded dimolybdenum(I) complexes Mo<sub>2</sub>[<em>μ</em>-HC(N-2,6-<sup>i</sup>Pr<sub>2</sub>-4-C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub>]<sub>2</sub> (<strong>2</strong>(H)) and Mo<sub>2</sub>[<em>μ</em>-PhC(N-2,6-<sup>i</sup>Pr<sub>2</sub>-4-C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub>]<sub>2</sub> (<strong>3</strong>(H)) are presented and discussed. Allowed electronic transitions for these complexes, and their prototypical modelled complexes Mo<sub>2</sub>[<em>μ</em>-RʹC(N-2,6-<sup>i</sup>Pr<sub>2</sub>-4-RC<sub>6</sub>H<sub>2</sub>)<sub>2</sub>]<sub>2</sub> (where Rʹ = H, Ph; R = CH<sub>3</sub>, OCH<sub>3</sub>, F, Cl, and CF<sub>3</sub>) are calculated using time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT). For two sets of six complexes, the electronic structure and nature of occupied frontier molecular orbitals are similar. The HOMO is constructed mainly by the Mo<sub>2</sub>-based δ orbital with some admixture of ligand-based π orbitals, while LUMO is mainly Mo<sub>2</sub>-based δ* orbital. The calculated absorption spectra of the complexes are scrutinized in comparison with the experimental spectra of <strong>2</strong>(H) and <strong>3</strong>(H).</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20278,"journal":{"name":"Polyhedron","volume":"279 ","pages":"Article 117636"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4000,"publicationDate":"2025-06-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Polyhedron","FirstCategoryId":"92","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277538725002505","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, INORGANIC & NUCLEAR","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The electronic absorption spectra of the quintuply bonded dimolybdenum(I) complexes Mo2[μ-HC(N-2,6-iPr2-4-C6H3)2]2 (2(H)) and Mo2[μ-PhC(N-2,6-iPr2-4-C6H3)2]2 (3(H)) are presented and discussed. Allowed electronic transitions for these complexes, and their prototypical modelled complexes Mo2[μ-RʹC(N-2,6-iPr2-4-RC6H2)2]2 (where Rʹ = H, Ph; R = CH3, OCH3, F, Cl, and CF3) are calculated using time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT). For two sets of six complexes, the electronic structure and nature of occupied frontier molecular orbitals are similar. The HOMO is constructed mainly by the Mo2-based δ orbital with some admixture of ligand-based π orbitals, while LUMO is mainly Mo2-based δ* orbital. The calculated absorption spectra of the complexes are scrutinized in comparison with the experimental spectra of 2(H) and 3(H).
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