Issue 1, 2015

Ca–Ca interaction in inverse sandwich Ca–C8H8–Ca

Abstract

The inverse sandwich Ca–C8H8–Ca is predicted to be an open-shell singlet state. Since the C8H8 ligand prevents the spin-up and spin-down electrons of different calcium atoms from forming Ca–Ca bonds, the spin-coupling electrons lead to a singlet diradical character. The metal–ligand interaction contributes to the stability of Ca–C8H8–Ca against dissociation and isomerization. For the coordination complex (DME)3Ca–C8H8–Ca(DME)3, the open-shell singlet state is unavailable, while the closed-shell singlet state with direct Ca–Ca bonds is more favorable, because dimethyl ether molecules could push the spin-paired electrons of different calcium atoms to migrate towards the direction of Ca–Ca bonding. For Ca–C4H4–Ca, the ground state is an open-shell singlet state, of which the diradical character is very similar to that of Ca–C8H8–Ca. For (DME)3Ca–C4H4–Ca(DME)3, the lowest energy is the triplet state.

Graphical abstract: Ca–Ca interaction in inverse sandwich Ca–C8H8–Ca

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
27 Jul 2014
Accepted
23 Sep 2014
First published
23 Sep 2014

Dalton Trans., 2015,44, 345-350

Ca–Ca interaction in inverse sandwich Ca–C8H8–Ca

N. Liu, S. Gao and Y. Ding, Dalton Trans., 2015, 44, 345 DOI: 10.1039/C4DT02282C

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