Open AccessCharacterization of the Hydrides in Stryker’s Reagent: [HCu{P(C6H5)3}]6
Author(s) -
Elliot L. Bennett,
P. J. Murphy,
Silvia Imberti,
Stewart F. Parker
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
inorganic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.348
H-Index - 233
eISSN - 1520-510X
pISSN - 0020-1669
DOI - 10.1021/ic402736t
Subject(s) - chemistry , isotopomers , inelastic neutron scattering , reagent , crystallography , infrared , neutron diffraction , bridging (networking) , ab initio , ab initio quantum chemistry methods , infrared spectroscopy , neutron scattering , computational chemistry , neutron , crystal structure , molecule , organic chemistry , nuclear physics , optics , physics , computer network , computer science
A structural, spectroscopic, and computational investigation of Stryker's reagent, [HCu{P(C6H5)3}]6, and its isotopomers has provided new insights into the complex. Neutron diffraction shows that the hydrides are best described as edge bridging rather than face bridging. The combination of infrared and inelastic neutron scattering spectroscopies has allowed the location of most of the modes associated with the hydrides and their assignments. The structural and spectroscopic conclusions are supported by the ab initio studies of the complex.