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Connecting CC Bonds to Tetrairidium Chains
Author(s) -
del Río M. Pilar,
López José A.,
Ciriano Miguel A.,
Tejel Cristina
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201203769
Subject(s) - delocalized electron , chain (unit) , iridium , metal , molecule , connection (principal bundle) , quadruple bond , materials science , electron , oxidation state , chemistry , crystallography , chemical physics , physics , bond length , organic chemistry , bond order , quantum mechanics , structural engineering , engineering , catalysis
The chain gang! Tetrametallic iridium chains with the metal atoms in an average oxidation state 1.5 and bound by unsupported metal–metal bonds have been effectively connected to organic fragments with delocalized π electrons, such as 1,4‐diethynylbenzene (see figure). This connection allows an electronic communication along the whole chain spanning around 30 Å and sheds light on the possible use of this type of molecule as “molecular wires”.