Electron Redistribution of Aromatic Ligands in (Arene)Cr(CO)₃ Complexes. Structural (Bond-Length) Changes as Quantitative Measures

Authors

P. Le Maguères, University of Houston
Sergey V. Lindeman, Marquette UniversityFollow
Jay K. Kochi, University of Houston

Document Type

Article

Language

eng

Publication Date

2001

Publisher

American Chemical Society

Source Publication

Organometallics

Source ISSN

0276-7333

Abstract

Arene ligands experience significant ring expansion upon coordination with chromium tricarbonyl, as established by precise X-ray crystallographic analyses of various (η⁶-arene)Cr(CO)₃ complexes. Such changes in ligand structures result from the charge (electron) redistribution, Ar⁺−Cr^-, upon arene coordination, since they are closely related to those found in the intermolecular 1:1 complexes of the corresponding series of arenes with nitrosonium cation (NO⁺). The latter are prototypical examples of charge-transfer complexes as described by Mulliken. As such, they show enhanced degrees of charge (electron) transfer that approach unity, which is confirmed by quantitative comparison with the structural changes measured in the one-electron (oxidative) transformation of electron-rich arene donors (Ar) to the cation-radicals (Ar^•+). Such a charge redistribution thus readily accounts for the enhanced reactivity to nucleophilic attack of the arene ligand in various ArCr(CO)₃ complexes and related transition-metal/arene analogues.

Comments

Accepted version. Organometallics, Vol. 20, No. 1 (2001): 115-125. DOI. © 2001 American Chemical Society. Used with permission.

Recommended Citation

Maguères, P. Le; Lindeman, Sergey V.; and Kochi, Jay K., "Electron Redistribution of Aromatic Ligands in (Arene)Cr(CO)₃ Complexes. Structural (Bond-Length) Changes as Quantitative Measures" (2001). Chemistry Faculty Research and Publications. 678.
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