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Gas-Phase Assembling of Dirhodium Units into a Novel Organometallic Ladder:  Structural and DFT Study.

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Title: Gas-Phase Assembling of Dirhodium Units into a Novel Organometallic Ladder:  Structural and DFT Study.
Authors: Alexander S. Filatov1, Andrey Yu. Rogachev1, Marina A. Petrukhina1
Source: Crystal Growth & Design. Jun2006, Vol. 6 Issue 6, p1479-1484. 6p.
Subjects: Aromatic compounds, Benzene, Organic compounds, Carbon compounds
Abstract: A hydrocarbon that has three separate aromatic rings, namely 1,4-bis(p-tolylethyl)benzene (C24H26), has been structurally characterized for the first time and tested as an elongated aromatic π-donor in assembling reactions under solvent-free conditions. Its gas-phase interaction with the electrophilic dimetal complex, [Rh2(O2CCF3)4], affords single crystals of a novel organometallic complex, [Rh2(O2CCF3)4]2·(C24H26). The product has a ladder type structure built on weak but directional rhodium(II)−π-arene interactions. In the above framework, each C24H26 exhibits a tetradentate-bridging coordination having four rhodium(II) centers attached to the opposite sides of the two peripheral benzene rings. The underlying reasons for such coordination defining the formation of the title product have been discussed based on the results of density functional theory, namely the orbital interaction analysis of the reacting partners. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstract:A hydrocarbon that has three separate aromatic rings, namely 1,4-bis(p-tolylethyl)benzene (C24H26), has been structurally characterized for the first time and tested as an elongated aromatic π-donor in assembling reactions under solvent-free conditions. Its gas-phase interaction with the electrophilic dimetal complex, [Rh2(O2CCF3)4], affords single crystals of a novel organometallic complex, [Rh2(O2CCF3)4]2·(C24H26). The product has a ladder type structure built on weak but directional rhodium(II)−π-arene interactions. In the above framework, each C24H26 exhibits a tetradentate-bridging coordination having four rhodium(II) centers attached to the opposite sides of the two peripheral benzene rings. The underlying reasons for such coordination defining the formation of the title product have been discussed based on the results of density functional theory, namely the orbital interaction analysis of the reacting partners. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:15287483
DOI:10.1021/cg060118c