title: Synthesis, structural characterization, and spectroscopy of the cadmium-cadmium bonded molecular species Ar'CdCdAr' (Ar' = C6H3-2,6-(C6H3-2,6-Pri2)2).
abstract: The synthesis and first structural characterization of a cadmium-cadmium bonded molecular compound Ar'CdCdAr' (Ar' = C6H3-2,6-(C6H3-2,6-Pri2)2) are reported. The existence of the Cd-Cd bond was established by 113Cd NMR spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction (Cd-Cd = 2.6257(5) A). Like its group 12 analogue Ar'ZnZnAr', DFT calculations showed that Ar'CdCdAr' had significant p-character in the Cd-Cd sigma-bonding HOMO.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA.
authors.forename: Zhongliang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Roland C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Fischer
authors.forename: James C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Fettinger
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rivard
authors.forename: Marcin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brynda
authors.forename: Philip P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Power