The Best of Both Worlds: Combining the Power of MICs and WCAs To Generate Stable and Crystalline CrI‐Tetracarbonyl Complexes with π‐Accepting Ligands

Here we present stable and crystalline chromium(I) tetracarbonyl complexes with pyridyl‐MIC (MIC=mesoionic carbene) ligands and weakly coordinating anions (WCA=[Al(ORF)4]−, RF=C(CF3)3 and BArF=[B(ArF)4]−, ArF=3,5‐(CF3)2C6H3). The complexes were fully characterized via crystallographic, spectroscopic...

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Published in:Chemistry : a European journal 2023-09, Vol.29 (50), p.e202301205-e202301205
Main Authors: Bens, Tobias, Walter, Robert R M, Beerhues, Julia, Schmitt, Manuel, Krossing, Ingo, Sarkar, Biprajit
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anions
Chelation
Chemistry
Chromium
Crystallography
Electrochemical analysis
Electrochemistry
Ligands
Photochemicals
Spectroscopy
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Summary:Here we present stable and crystalline chromium(I) tetracarbonyl complexes with pyridyl‐MIC (MIC=mesoionic carbene) ligands and weakly coordinating anions (WCA=[Al(ORF)4]−, RF=C(CF3)3 and BArF=[B(ArF)4]−, ArF=3,5‐(CF3)2C6H3). The complexes were fully characterized via crystallographic, spectroscopic and theoretical methods. The influence of counter anions on the IR and EPR spectroscopic properties of the CrI complexes was investigated, and the electronic innocence versus non‐innocence of WCAs was probed. These are the first examples of stable and crystalline [Cr(CO)4]+ complexes with a chelating π-${\pi -}$accepting ligand, and the data presented here are of relevance for both the photochemical and the electrochemical properties of these classes of compounds.
ISSN:0947-6539
1521-3765
DOI:10.1002/chem.202301205