Theoretical and Photoluminescent Studies on the d10-s2 Au-Tl Interaction in Extended Unsupported Chains

  1. Fernández, E.J. 2
  2. Laguna, A. 3
  3. López-de-Luzuriaga, J.M. 2
  4. Mendizabal, F. 1
  5. Monge, M. 2
  6. Olmos, M.E. 2
  7. Pérez, J. 2
  1. 1 Universidad de Chile
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    Universidad de Chile

    Santiago de Chile, Chile

    ROR https://ror.org/047gc3g35

  2. 2 Universidad de La Rioja
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    Universidad de La Rioja

    Logroño, España

    ROR https://ror.org/0553yr311

  3. 3 Instituto de Nanociencia y Materiales de Aragón
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    Instituto de Nanociencia y Materiales de Aragón

    Zaragoza, España

    ROR https://ror.org/031n2c920

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Revista:
Chemistry - A European Journal

ISSN: 0947-6539

Año de publicación: 2003

Volumen: 9

Número: 2

Páginas: 456-465

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.1002/CHEM.200390048 PMID: 12532295 SCOPUS: 2-s2.0-0347928750 WoS: WOS:000180592000011 GOOGLE SCHOLAR

Otras publicaciones en: Chemistry - A European Journal

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Resumen

The reactions of solutions of TIPF6 and OPPh3 in tetrahydrofuran or acetone with NBu4[AuR2] (R= C6Cl5, C6F5) gave the new complexes [Au(C6Cl5)2]2[TI (OPPh3)] [TI(OPPh3) (L)] (L=THF (1), acetone (2)) and the previously reported [Tl(OPPh3)2]-[Au(C6 F5)2] (3). The crystal structures of complexes 1 and 2 display extended unsupported chains with short intermolecular interactions between alternating gold(1) and thallium(I) centres. Moreover, the Tl centres show two different types of geometrical environments, such as pseudotetrahedral and distorted trigonal-bipyramidal, due to the presence of solvent molecules that act as ligands in the solid-state structure. Quasirelativistic and nonrelativistic ab initio calculations were performed to study the nature of the intermetallic Au1-Tl1 interactions and are consistent with the presence of a high ionic contribution (80%) and dispersion-type (van der Waals) interaction with a charge-transfer contribution (20%) when relativistic effects are taken into account. All complexes are luminescent in the solid state at room temperature and at 77 K. Complexes 1 and 2 show site-selective excitation, probably due to the different environments around the Tl1 centres. The DFT and time-dependent (TD)-DFT calculations are in agreement with the experimental excitation spectra for all complexes and confirm the site-selective excitation behaviour as a function of the Tl1 geometrical environment.