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Structural versatility of the quasi-aromatic Möbius type zinc(ii)-pseudohalide complexes-experimental and theoretical investigations
Mitoraj, Mariusz P. Afkhami, Farhad Akbari Mahmoudi, Ghodrat Khandar, Ali Akbar Gurbanov, Atash V. Zubkov, Fedor I. Waterman, Rory
Mitoraj, Mariusz P.
Afkhami, Farhad Akbari
Mahmoudi, Ghodrat
Khandar, Ali Akbar
Gurbanov, Atash V.
Zubkov, Fedor I.
Waterman, Rory
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© 2019 The Royal Society of Chemistry.
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10.1039/c9ra05276c
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In this contribution we report for the first time fabrication, isolation, structural and theoretical characterization of the quasi-aromatic Möbius complexes [Zn(NCS)2LI] (1), [Zn2(μ1,1-N3)2(LI)2][ZnCl3(MeOH)]2·6MeOH (2) and [Zn(NCS)LII]2[Zn(NCS)4]·MeOH (3), constructed from 1,2-diphenyl-1,2-bis((phenyl(pyridin-2-yl)methylene)hydrazono)ethane (LI) or benzilbis(acetylpyridin-2-yl)methylidenehydrazone (LII), respectively, and ZnCl2 mixed with NH4NCS or NaN3. Structures 1-3 are dictated by both the bulkiness of the organic ligand and the nature of the inorganic counter ion. As evidenced from single crystal X-ray diffraction data species 1 has a neutral discrete heteroleptic mononuclear structure, whereas, complexes 2 and 3 exhibit a salt-like structure. Each structure contains a ZnII atom chelated by one tetradentate twisted ligand LI creating the unusual Möbius type topology. Theoretical investigations based on the EDDB method allowed us to determine that it constitutes the quasi-aromatic Möbius motif where a metal only induces the π-delocalization solely within the ligand part: 2.44e in 3, 3.14e in 2 and 3.44e in 1. It is found, that the degree of quasi-aromatic π-delocalization in the case of zinc species is significantly weaker (by ∼50%) than the corresponding estimations for cadmium systems-it is associated with the Zn-N bonds being more polar than the related Cd-N connections. The ETS-NOCV showed, that the monomers in 1 are bonded primarily through London dispersion forces, whereas long-range electrostatic stabilization is crucial in 2 and 3. A number of non-covalent interactions are additionally identified in the lattices of 1-3.
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2019-01-01
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Mitoraj MP, Afkhami FA, Mahmoudi G, Khandar AA, Gurbanov AV, Zubkov FI, Waterman R, Babashkina MG, Szczepanik DW, Jena HS, Safin DA. Correction: Structural versatility of the quasi-aromatic Möbius type zinc (II)-pseudohalide complexes–experimental and theoretical investigations. RSC advances. 2019 Aug 23;9(46):26547-.