Au(I)...Ag(I) Metallophilic Interactions between Anionic Units: Theoretical Studies on a AuAg4 Square Pyramidal Arrangement
- Fernández, E.J. 1
- Laguna, A. 2
- López-De-Luzuriaga, J.M. 1
- Monge, M. 1
- Elena Olmos, M. 1
- Puelles, R.C. 1
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Universidad de La Rioja
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Instituto de Nanociencia y Materiales de Aragón
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ISSN: 1520-6106
Any de publicació: 2005
Volum: 109
Número: 43
Pàgines: 20652-20656
Tipus: Article
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We have studied theoretically the organometallic compound (NBu 4)2[Au(3,5-C6F3Cl2) 2Ag4(CF3CO2)5], whose dianionic part displays a AuAg4 square pyramidal arrangement based on closed-shell Au(I)⋯Ag(I) interactions between two monoanionic fragments. DFT/B3LYP, ab initio Hartree - Fock (HF), and second-order Møller Plesset perturbation theory (MP2) calculations have been carried out for simplified model systems. Model system [AuPh2] -⋯[Ag4(CO2H)5]- (C1) has been chosen from DFT results as an appropriate model for the study of the interactions. The four Au(I)⋯Ag(I) interactions and two additional C⋯Ag(I) interactions are observed when dispersion-type interactions are considered in the level of theory (MP2) displaying a metallophilic attraction between two anionic units. The study of model C2 (similar to C1 but with minimized C⋯Ag(I) interactions) permits the study of the Au(I)⋯Ag(I) interactions separately, which confirms the existence of stabilizing Au(I)⋯Ag(I) interactions around 13 kJ·mol-1 each. © 2005 American Chemical Society.