title: Zinc, cadmium, and mercury complexes with fluorinated selenolate ligands.
abstract: Reductive cleavage of C(6)F(5)SeSeC(6)F(5) with elemental M (M = Zn, Cd, and Hg) in pyridine results in the formation of (py)(2)Zn(SeC(6)F(5))(2), (py)(2)Cd(SeC(6)F(5))(2), and Hg(SeC(6)F(5))(2). Structural characterization of the Zn and Cd compounds reveals tetrahedral coordination environments, while the Hg compound shows a complicated series of linear structures with two short, nearly linear Hg-Se bonds, up to two longer and perpendicular Hg...Se interactions, and no coordinated pyridine ligands. All three compounds exhibit well-defined intermolecular pi-pi-stacking interactions in the solid state. They are volatile and decompose at elevated temperatures to give MSe and either (SeC(6)F(5))(2) or Se(C(6)F(5))(2).
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-8087, USA. emge@rci.rutgers.edu
authors.forename: Thomas J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Emge
authors.forename: Michael D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Romanelli
authors.forename: Brian F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: John G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Brennan