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Cover Feature: Solution and Solid‐State Ligand K‐Edge XAS Studies of PdCl 2 Diphosphine Complexes with Phenyl and Cyclohexyl Substituents (Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 20‐21/2018)
Author(s) -
Blake Anastasia V.,
Wei Haochuan,
Lee Kyounghoon,
Donahue Courtney M.,
Keith Jason M.,
Daly Scott R.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
european journal of inorganic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.667
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1099-0682
pISSN - 1434-1948
DOI - 10.1002/ejic.201800611
Subject(s) - chemistry , diphosphines , x ray absorption spectroscopy , cover (algebra) , crystallography , covalent bond , bite angle , ligand (biochemistry) , solid state , computational chemistry , crystal structure , absorption spectroscopy , organic chemistry , catalysis , quantum mechanics , mechanical engineering , biochemistry , physics , receptor , denticity , engineering
The Cover Feature is a cartoon showing Pd 2+ looking online for its most covalent match with diphosphines. In this featured article, solution and solid‐state P K‐edge XAS studies and supporting DFT calculations are reported to quantify differences in Pd–P covalency as a function of diphosphine bite angle and substituents attached to phosphorus. The solid‐state XAS results show that the diphosphine backbone length has the same relative influence on Pd–P orbital‐mixing regardless of phosphorus substituents. In contrast, structural influences on Pd–P bonding are attenuated in solution. More information can be found in the Full Paper by J. M. Keith, S. R. Daly et al.