Open AccessMicrowave-Assisted Synthesis and Characterization of [Rh2(OAc)4(L)2] Paddlewheel Complexes: A Joint Experimental and Computational Study
Author(s) -
Oscar F. González-Belman,
Yazmín Varela,
Marcos FloresÁlamo,
Kazimierz Wróbel,
Silvia GutiérrezGranados,
Juan M. PeraltaHernández,
J. Óscar C. JiménezHalla,
Oracio Serrano
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
international journal of inorganic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2090-2026
pISSN - 2090-2034
DOI - 10.1155/2017/5435436
Subject(s) - rhodium , chemistry , single crystal , melting point , crystallography , tandem , microwave irradiation , characterization (materials science) , coumarin , cyclic voltammetry , elemental analysis , catalysis , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry , materials science , nanotechnology , electrochemistry , electrode , composite material
The synthesis of four rhodium(II) paddlewheel complexes bearing axial aromatic amines and coumarin ligands, with formula [Rh2(OAc)4(L)2] (L = NH2Mesityl (1), NH2Dip (2), NH2Couma (3), coumarin (4)), prompted by microwave irradiation, was carried out successfully. All of the complexes were characterized by the melting point, elemental analysis, NMR, IR, and UV/Visible spectroscopy. Additionally, the structure of complexes 1-2 and 4 was corroborated by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Cyclic voltammetry, ESI-MS, and tandem MS analyses were carried out in compound 1 for gaining further insight into its stability. Finally, a DFT study shows that complexes 1–4 are the thermodynamic products, having as intermediates complexes 1′–4′ which, under our experimental conditions, cannot be isolated
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