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James A. Ibers

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PubMed1999

Syntheses, Structures, and Theoretical Study of LaCuSTe and SmCuSTe.

Two mixed-chalcogen compounds LaCuSTe and SmCuSTe have been synthesized by the reactions of the elements at 1123 K. LaCuSTe crystallizes in a cell of dimensions a = 6.4955(8) Å, b = 7.7692(9) Å, c = 7.4665(9) Å, and beta = 95.045(2) degrees (T = 153 K) with four formula units in space group C(2)(h)()(5)-P2(1)/c of the monoclinic system. Its structure is closely related to that of LaCuS(2). SmCuSTe crystallizes as a new structure type in a cell of dimensions a = 7.5195(8) Å, b = 12.6370(14) Å, and c = 7.5287(8) Å (T = 153 K) with eight formula units in space group D(2)(h)()(15)-Pbca of the orthorhombic system. In LaCuSTe, the La atom is coordinated by a bicapped trigonal prism of four S atoms and four Te atoms; in SmCuSTe, the Sm atom is coordinated by a monocapped trigonal prism of four S atoms and three Te atoms. In both structures, the Cu atom is coordinated by a tetrahedron of one S atom and three Te atoms, These structures are built from (CuSTe)(n)() sheets that are separated by the rare-earth-metal atoms. In LaCuSTe, a sheet comprises edge-sharing dimers of CuSTe(3) tetrahedra (Cu(2)S(2)Te(4)) that share each of their Te atoms with four neighboring dimers to form a mixed octagonal/quadrilateral net. In SmCuSTe, a sheet comprises a single tetrahedral CuSTe(3) unit that shares each of its Te atoms with three neighboring tetrahedra to form a hexagonal net. The band structures of these two compounds indicate that they should be semiconductors. The calculations also show that the substitution of Te atoms for S atoms lowers the energy gap compared with those of unsubstituted systems.

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PubMed1999

Bis(cyclopentadienyl)yttrium Complexes of the Ligand [N(QPPh(2))(2)](-) (Q = S, Se): Synthesis, Structure, and NMR Properties of Cp(2)Y[eta(3)-N(QPPh(2))(2)].

The compounds Cp(2)Y[eta(3)-N(QPPh(2))(2)] (Q = S (1), Se (2)) have been synthesized in good yield from the protonolysis reaction between Cp(3)Y and HN(QPPh(2))(2) in tetrahydrofuran. In both compounds, the [N(QPPh(2))(2)](-) ligand is bound eta(3) to the Y center which, in 1, represents the first example of that mode of binding for the sulfur-containing ligand. The Y atom is also coordinated to two (C(5)H(5))(-) ligands and so is formally 9-coordinate. Both 1 and 2 are stable in inert environments for prolonged periods of time. Each is soluble in THF and CH(2)Cl(2). (1)H, (31)P, (77)Se, and (89)Y NMR data were collected to lend insight into the solution properties of these molecules. Crystallographic data for 1 (-120 degrees C): C(34)H(30)NP(2)S(2)Y, triclinic, P&onemacr;, a = 9.685(5) Å, b = 12.176(6) Å, c = 13.978(7) Å, alpha = 87.382(9) degrees, beta = 87.358(9) degrees, gamma = 68.689(9) degrees, V = 1533(1) Å(3), Z = 2, and R(1)(F) = 0.047 for the 4023 reflections with I > 2sigma(I). Crystallographic data for 2 (-120 degrees C): C(34)H(30)NP(2)Se(2)Y, triclinic, P&onemacr;, a = 9.745(5) Å, b = 12.222(6) Å, c = 13.930(7) Å, alpha = 88.024(9) degrees, beta = 87.380(9) degrees, gamma = 69.137(9) degrees, V = 1548(1) Å(3), Z = 2, and R(1)(F) = 0.056 for the 4324 reflections with I > 2sigma(I).

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PubMed1998

Syntheses, Crystal Structures, and Physical Properties of the New Thorium Chalcogenides CuTh(2)Te(6) and SrTh(2)Se(5).

Single crystals of CuTh(2)Te(6) form by a stoichiometric reaction of the elements at 1000 degrees C. The compound crystallizes in the space group -P2(1)/m with unit cell parameters a = 6.170(2) Å, b = 4.332(1) Å, c = 10.424(3) Å, beta = 98.85(1) degrees, and Z = 1 at 113 K. The structure was solved from single-crystal X-ray data. It consists of layers of [Th(2)Te(6)(-)] double chains joined by Cu(+) cations. Each Th atom is coordinated to eight Te atoms in a bicapped trigonal prismatic arrangement. There are three crystallographically unique Te atoms. Each ThTe(8) unit is bridged through one distinct Te atom, such that the capping Te atom of one unit forms the vertex of its neighbor. The two nonbridging Te atoms form infinite Te-Te chains along the exterior of the [Th(2)Te(6)(-)] layer. Copper atoms are coordinated to these Te atoms in a tetrahedral arrangement. Owing to the existence of Te-Te bonds of intermediate length, the assignment of formal oxidation states in this compound is not possible. Four-probe dc electrical conductivity measurements of a single crystal of CuTh(2)Te(6) indicate the compound is a semiconductor along [010]. Magnetic susceptibility measurements in the range 2-300 K show CuTh(2)Te(6) to be paramagnetic with &mgr;(eff) = 2.06 &mgr;(B) at 300 K. Single crystals of SrTh(2)Se(5) form from the reaction SrSe + Th + 3Sn + 3Se at 1000 degrees C. EDAX experiments show no tin present in several crystals analyzed. Transparent red blocks of SrTh(2)Se(5) crystallize in the space group -P2(1)/c with unit cell parameters a = 8.704(2) Å, b = 7.861(2) Å, c = 12.458(4) Å, beta = 90.00(2) degrees, and Z = 4 at 113 K. The structure, which is related to that of U(3)S(5), is a three-dimensional framework with Sr cations located in one-dimensional channels. There are two distinct Th environments, bicapped trigonal prismatic and distorted monocapped octahedral. There are no Se-Se bonds and so formal oxidation states of Sr(2+), Th(4+), and Se(2)(-) may be assigned.

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PubMed1997

Structural, Electrical, Magnetic, and Spectroscopic Properties of Ring-Oxidized Molecular Metals Produced by Iodination of Metal-Free and Nickel Tetrabenzporphyrins.

Detailed studies of the structure, conductivitity, magnetoresistance, optical spectra, and magnetic properties (susceptibility, EPR) for the new molecular metal tetrabenzporphyrin iodide (H(2)(tbp)I) and the electrical, spectral, and magnetic properties of Ni(tbp)I are reported. Paramagnetic transition-ion impurities were carefully excluded during the synthesis of H(2)(tbp)I and Ni(tbp)I, and both materials show much higher, metal-like conductivites than previously seen for less-pure Ni(tbp)I. Comparison of the specular reflectance data for Ni(tbp)I and H(2)(tbp)I allows a distinction between purely ring pi-transitions and metal-involved charge-transfer transitions, and the spectra fix the energy levels of the pi orbitals involved in conduction. Transport, magnetic, and optical properties show that both H(2)(tbp)I and Ni(tbp)I are ring-based conductors that have metal-like conductivities, varying as approximately 1/T, down to ca. 30-40 K. However, the remaining level of defects is higher in the tbp conductors than in H(2)(pc)I, and whereas the latter is metallic down to the mK temperature range, the defects in the (tbp) compounds localize the conduction electrons at approximately 10 K (Ni(tbp)I) and approximately 30 K (H(2)(tbp)I), leading to transport through one-dimensional variable-range hopping. EPR g-values for H(2)(tbp)I and Ni(tbp)I are close to that for the free electron and are nearly temperature-independent. The line widths for both samples are extremely narrow and also are nearly temperature-independent. These results show that Ni(tbp)I does not display doubly-mixed valence, as thought earlier: Paramagnetic impurities significantly altered the EPR signals of the prior samples. H(2)(tbp)I crystallizes in the space group P4/mcc with cell constants of a = 14.173(10) Å and c = 6.463(4) Å. Full-matrix least-squares refinement of 63 variables gave an R index of 0.061 on F(o)(2).

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PubMed1996

Group 9 Chalcogenometalates.

The compounds [K(18-crown-6)](3)[Ir(Se(4))(3)] (1), [K(2.2.2-cryptand)](3)[Ir(Se(4))(3)].C(6)H(5)CH(3) (2), and [K(18-crown-6)(DMF)(2)][Ir(NCCH(3))(2)(Se(4))(2)] (3) (DMF = dimethylformamide) have been prepared from the reaction of [Ir(NCCH(3))(2)(COE)(2)][BF(4)] (COE = cyclooctene) with polyselenide anions in acetonitrile/DMF. Analogous reactions utilizing [Rh(NCCH(3))(2)(COE)(2)][BF(4)] as a Rh source produce homologues of the Ir complexes; these have been characterized by (77)Se NMR spectroscopy. [NH(4)](3)[Ir(S(6))(3)].H(2)O.0.5CH(3)CH(2)OH (4) has been synthesized from the reaction of IrCl(3).nH(2)O with aqueous (NH(4))(2)S(m)(). In the structure of [K(18-crown-6)](3)[Ir(Se(4))(3)] (1) the Ir(III) center is chelated by three Se(4)(2)(-) ligands to form a distorted octahedral anion. The structure contains a disordered racemate of the Deltalambdalambdalambda and Lambdadeltadeltadelta conformers. The K(+) cations are pulled out of the planes of the crowns and interact with Se atoms of the [Ir(Se(4))(3)](3)(-) anion. [K(2.2.2-cryptand)](3)[Ir(Se(4))(3)].C(6)H(5)CH(3) (2) possesses no short K.Se interactions; here the [Ir(Se(4))(3)](3)(-) anion crystallizes as the Deltalambdalambdadelta/Lambdadeltadeltalambda racemate. In the crystal structure of [K(18-crown-6)(DMF)(2)][Ir(NCCH(3))(2)(Se(4))(2)] (3), the K(+) cation is coordinated by an 18-crown-6 ligand and two DMF molecules and the anion comprises an octahedral Ir(III) center bound by two chelating Se(4)(2)(-) chains and two trans acetonitrile groups. The [Ir(Se(4))(3)](3)(-) and [Rh(Se(4))(3)](3)(-) anions undergo conformational transformations as a function of temperature, as observed by (77)Se NMR spectroscopy. The thermodynamics of these transformations are: [Ir(Se(4))(3)](3)(-), DeltaH = 2.5(5) kcal mol(-)(1), DeltaS = 11.5(2.2) eu; [Rh(Se(4))(3)](3)(-), DeltaH = 5.2(7) kcal mol(-)(1), DeltaS = 24.7(3.0) eu.

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PubMed1996

Preparation and Structures of the 2.2.2-Cryptand(1+) Salts of the [Sb(2)Se(4)](2)(-), [As(2)S(4)](2)(-), [As(10)S(3)](2)(-), and [As(4)Se(6)](2)(-) Anions.

2.2.2-Cryptand(1+) salts of the [Sb(2)Se(4)](2)(-), [As(2)S(4)](2)(-), [As(10)S(3)](2)(-), and [As(4)Se(6)](2)(-) anions have been synthesized from the reduction of binary chalcogenide compounds by K in NH(3)(l) in the presence of the alkali-metal-encapsulating ligand 2.2.2-cryptand (4,7,13,16,21,24-hexaoxa-1,10-diazabicyclo[8.8.8]hexacosane), followed by recrystallization from CH(3)CN. The [Sb(2)Se(4)](2)(-) anion, which has crystallographically imposed symmetry 2, consists of two discrete edge-sharing SbSe(3) pyramids with terminal Se atoms cis to each other. The Sb-Se(t) bond distance is 2.443(1) Å, whereas the Sb-Se(b) distance is 2.615(1) Å (t = terminal; b = bridge). The Se(b)-Sb-Se(t) angles range from 104.78(4) to 105.18(5) degrees, whereas the Se(b)-Sb-Se(b) angles are 88.09(4) and 88.99(4) degrees. The (77)Se NMR data for this anion in solution are consistent with its X-ray structure (delta 337 and 124 ppm, 1:1 intensity, -30 degrees C, CH(3)CN/CD(3)CN). Similar to this [Sb(2)Se(4)](2)(-) anion, the [As(2)S(4)](2)(-) anion consists of two discrete edge-sharing AsS(3) pyramidal units. The As-S(t) bond distances are 2.136(7) and 2.120(7) Å, whereas the As-S(b) distances range from 2.306(7) to 2.325(7) Å. The S(b)-As-S(t) angles range from 106.2(3) to 108.2(3) degrees, and the S(b)-As-S(b) angles are 88.3(2) and 88.9(2) degrees. The [As(10)S(3)](2)(-) anion has an 11-atom As(10)S center composed of six five-membered edge-sharing rings. One of the three waist positions is occupied by a S atom, and the other two waist positions feature As atoms with exocyclic S atoms attached, making each As atom in the structure three-coordinate. The As-As bond distances range from 2.388(3) to 2.474(3) Å. The As-S(t) bond distances are 2.181(5) and 2.175(4) Å, and the As-S(b) bond distance is 2.284(6) Å. The [As(4)Se(6)](2)(-) anion features two AsSe(3) units joined by Se-Se bonds with the two exocyclic Se atoms trans to each other. The average As-Se(t) bond distance is 2.273(2) Å, whereas the As-Se(b) bond distances range from 2.357(3) to 2.462(2) Å. The Se(b)-As-Se(t) angles range from 101.52(8) to 105.95(9) degrees, and the Se(b)-As-Se(b) angles range from 91.82(7) to 102.97(9) degrees. The (77)Se NMR data for this anion in solution are consistent with its X-ray structure (delta 564 and 317 ppm, 3:1 intensity, 25 degrees C, DMF/CD(3)CN).

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PubMed1996

Synthesis, Reactivity, and Structural Characterization of the Nonclassical [MTe(7)](n)()(-) Anions (M = Ag, Au, n = 3; M = Hg, n = 2).

Several tellurometalates of the general formula [MTe(7)](n)()(-) (n = 2, 3) have been isolated as salts of organic cations by reaction of suitable metal sources with polytelluride solutions in DMF. The [HgTe(7)](2)(-) anion has the same structure in both the NEt(4)(+) and the PPh(4)(+) salts except for a minor change in the ligand conformation. The [AgTe(7)](3)(-) and [HgTe(7)](2)(-) anions contain metal atoms coordinated in trigonal-planar fashion to eta(3)-Te(7)(4)(-) ligands. The central Te atom of an eta(3)-Te(7)(4)(-) ligand is coordinated to the metal atom and to two Te atoms in a "T"-shaped geometry consistent with a hypervalent 10 e(-) center. The planar [AuTe(7)](3)(-) anion may best be described as possessing a square-planar Au(III) atom coordinated to an eta(3)-Te(5)(4)(-) ligand and to an eta(1)-Te(2)(2)(-) ligand. The reaction of [NEt(4)](n)()[MTe(7)] (M = Hg, n = 2; M = Au, n = 3) with the activated acetylene dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate (DMAD) has yielded the products [NEt(4)](n)()[M(Te(2)C(2)(COOCH(3))(2))(2)] (M = Hg, n = 2; M = Au, n = 1). The metal atoms are coordinated to two Te(COOCH(3))C=C(COOCH(3))Te(2)(-) ligands, for M = Hg in a distorted tetrahedral fashion and for M = Au in a square-planar fashion.

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PubMed1996

Synthesis and Structure of the Layered Thorium Telluride CsTh(2)Te(6).

The compound CsTh(2)Te(6) has been synthesized at 800 degrees C by the reaction of Th with a Cs(2)Te(3)/Te melt as a reactive flux. The compound crystallizes in the space group -Cmcm of the orthorhombic system with two formula units in a cell of dimensions a = 4.367(2) Å, b = 25.119(10) Å, c = 6.140(3) Å, and V = 673.5(5) Å(3) at T = 113 K. The structure of CsTh(2)Te(6) has been determined from single-crystal X-ray data. The structure comprises infinite, two-dimensional double layers of ThTe(8)-bicapped trigonal prisms. The structural motif of the trigonal prisms resembles that found in UTe(2). Cs(+) cations, disordered equally over two crystallographically equivalent sites, separate the layers and are coordinated by eight Te atoms at the corners of a rectangular parallelepiped. Short Te-Te distances of 3.052(3) and 3.088(3) Å form linear, infinite, one-dimensional chains within the layers. Simple formalisms describe neither the Te-Te bonding in the chain nor the oxidation state of Th. The compound shows weak semiconducting behavior along the Th/Te layers perpendicular to the Te-Te chain.

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