title: Ancillary ligand effects upon dithiolene redox noninnocence in tungsten bis(dithiolene) complexes.
abstract: An expanded set of compounds of the type [W(S2C2Me2)2L1L2](n) (n = 0: L1 = L2 = CO, 1; L1 = L2 = CN(t)Bu, 2; L1 = CO, L2 = carbene, 3; L1 = CO, L2 = phosphine, 4; L1 = L2 = phosphine, 5. n = 2-: L1 = L2 = CN(-), [6](2-)) has been synthesized and characterized. Despite isoelectronic formulations, the compound set reveals gradations in the dithiolene ligand redox level as revealed by intraligand bond lengths, υ(CCchelate), and rising edge energies in the sulfur K-edge X-ray absorption spectra (XAS). Differences among the terminal series members, 1 and [6](2-), are comparable to differences seen in homoleptic dithiolene complexes related by full electron transfer to/from a dithiolene-based MO. The key feature governing these differences is the favorable energy of the CO π* orbitals, which are suitably positioned to overlap with tungsten d orbitals and exert an oxidizing effect on both metal and dithiolene ligand via π-backbonding. The CN(-) π* orbitals are too high in energy to mix effectively with tungsten and thus leave the filled dithiolene π* orbitals unperturbed. This work shows how, and the degree to which, the redox level of a noninnocent ligand can be modulated by the choice of ancillary ligands(s).
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Tulane University, 6400 Freret Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118-5698, USA.
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Keating
authors.forename: Perumalreddy
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chandrasekaran
authors.forename: Upul
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Jayarathne
authors.forename: Joel T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Mague
authors.forename: Serena
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: DeBeer
authors.forename: Kyle M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Lancaster
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sproules
authors.forename: Igor V
authors.initials: IV
authors.lastname: Rubtsov
authors.forename: James P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Donahue
mesh_terms: D008024:Ligands; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D011789:Quantum Theory; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D014414:Tungsten / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D008024:Ligands; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds; D014414:Tungsten