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Hexanuclear Niobium Cluster Compounds with Protonated N‐Base Cations.

Authors :
König, Jonas
Dartsch, Ina
Sperlich, Eric
Guillamón, Eva
Llusar, Rosa
Köckerling, Martin
Source :
Zeitschrift für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie. 9/30/2020, Vol. 646 Issue 18, p1531-1538. 8p.
Publication Year :
2020

Abstract

Octahedral clusters of the [M6X12] type offer numerous possibilities to form structural arrangements through different choices of bonding situations. In this paper a series of new cluster compounds of the transition metal niobium is described, which consist of the [Nb6Cl18]2–, and in one case [Nb6Cl18]3–, anion and protonated N‐base cations ([MIm‐H]+, [nPr3N‐H]+, [TMGu‐H]+, and [Tzn‐H]+). They all are prepared using water scavenger compounds [SOCl2 or (Ac)2O] under oxidising conditions, resulting in two‐electron (or one‐electron, respectively) oxidized cluster units with respect to the starting material [Nb6Cl14(H2O)4]·4H2O. Of five members of this group single‐crystal X‐ray structures were determined. The cluster anions exist in all structures as discrete units. The acidic H atoms of all N‐bases are hydrogen bonded to H acceptors, in 4 cases to outer, exo bonded Cl atoms of the cluster unit and in one case to the O atom of a co‐crystallized THF molecule. In [TMGu‐H]2[Nb6Cl18] chains of cluster anions exist hydrogen‐bonded through bridging [TMGu‐H]+ cations. ESI mass spectra of [MIm‐H]2[Nb6Cl18]·2SOCl2 and [TMGu‐H]2[Nb6Cl18] show the expected isotopic distribution patterns for the anions together with other peaks associated to chloride mass losses and/or reduction processes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00442313
Volume :
646
Issue :
18
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Zeitschrift für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
146169067
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1002/zaac.202000097