Journal of the American Chemical Society
Journal of the American Chemical Society
5 years ago

[ASAP] Isolation and Computational Studies of a Series of Terphenyl Substituted Diplumbynes with Ligand Dependent Lead–Lead Multiple-Bonding Character

[ASAP] Isolation and Computational Studies of a Series of Terphenyl Substituted Diplumbynes with Ligand Dependent Lead–Lead Multiple-Bonding Character
Joshua D. Queen, Markus Bursch, Jakob Seibert, Leonard R. Maurer, Bobby D. Ellis, James C. Fettinger, Stefan Grimme, Philip P. Power
A series of formally triply bonded diplumbyne analogues of alkynes of the general formula ArPbPbAr (Ar = terphenyl ligand with different steric properties) was synthesized by two routes. All diplumbyne products were synthesized by a simple reduction of the corresponding Pb(II) halide precursor ArPb(Br) by DIBAL-H with yields in the range 8–48%. For one of the diplumbynes ArPri4PbPbArPri4 (ArPri4 = C6H3-2,6-(C6H3-2,6-Pri2)2) it was shown that reduction of ArPri4Pb(Br) using a magnesium(I) beta-diketiminate afforded a much improved yield in comparison (29 vs 8%) to that obtained by reduction with DIBAL-H. The more sterically crowded diplumbyne ArPri8PbPbArPri8 (ArPri8 = C6H-3,5-Pri2-2,6-(C6H2-2,4,6-Pri3)2) displayed a shortened Pb–Pb bond with a length of 3.0382(5) Å and wide Pb–Pb–C angles of 114.73(7)° and 116.02(6)° consistent with multiple-bond character with a bond order of up to 1.5. The others displayed longer metal–metal distances and narrower Pb–Pb–C angles that were consistent with a lower bond order that approached one. Computational studies of the diplumbynes yielded detailed insight of the unusual bonding and explained their similar electronic spectra arising from the flexibility of the C–Pb–Pb–C core in solution. Furthermore, the importance of London dispersion interactions for the stabilization of the diplumbynes was demonstrated.

Publisher URL: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/acs/jacsat/~3/q7-ocqNSxL8/jacs.9b07072

DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b07072

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