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Organometallic Compounds: Synthesis and Structural Characterization

A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Organometallic Chemistry".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2023) | Viewed by 4341

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Institute of Chemistry, Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, 117198 Moscow, Russia
Interests: carbenes; small molecule activation; reaction mechanisms; intermediates

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School of Science and Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen 518172, China
Interests: synthetic, structural and mechanistic studies of organometallic compounds; reactivity studies; catalytic studies

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Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue aims to collect recent research articles and reviews in the field of organometallic chemistry that report on the latest developments in organometallic synthesis. Organometallic compounds are compounds which contain at least one metal-carbon bond between a metal element and a carbon which belongs to an organic molecule. This class of compounds also includes the organometallic compounds of the metalloids (group 14 and 15) and metal carbonyls. These compounds play an important role as catalysts or intermediate compounds in some organic reactions. They have a broad range of applications in industrial processes, including the manufacturing of semiconductors and electronic materials, and can be used as catalysts in the polymerization process and as reagents in chemical reactions. They can act as precursors for producing electronic materials. However, some organometallic compounds are toxic substances which can cause environmental problems. The stability and reactivity of these compounds depend on the metals and the attached organic ligands. The structural characterization of organometallic compounds can help to identify intermediates in the catalytic process and determine the mechanism of reactions. The structural characterization of organometallic compounds is usually carried out by X-ray crystallography and spectroscopic methods such as NMR and mass spectrometry.

Dr. Alexander Tskhovrebov
Prof. Dr. Wing-Por Leung
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Keywords

  • organometallic
  • metal-carbon
  • bonding
  • X-ray structure
  • spectroscopic methods
  • metal-carbonyl

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Bio-Inspired Iron Pentadentate Complexes as Dioxygen Activators in the Oxidation of Cyclohexene and Limonene
by Katarzyna Rydel-Ciszek, Tomasz Pacześniak, Paweł Chmielarz and Andrzej Sobkowiak
Molecules 2023, 28(5), 2240; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules28052240 - 28 Feb 2023
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The use of dioxygen as an oxidant in fine chemicals production is an emerging problem in chemistry for environmental and economical reasons. In acetonitrile, the [(N4Py)FeII]2+ complex, [N4Py—N,N-bis(2-pyridylmethyl)-N-(bis-2-pyridylmethyl)amine] in the presence of the substrate activates dioxygen [...] Read more.
The use of dioxygen as an oxidant in fine chemicals production is an emerging problem in chemistry for environmental and economical reasons. In acetonitrile, the [(N4Py)FeII]2+ complex, [N4Py—N,N-bis(2-pyridylmethyl)-N-(bis-2-pyridylmethyl)amine] in the presence of the substrate activates dioxygen for the oxygenation of cyclohexene and limonene. Cyclohexane is oxidized mainly to 2-cyclohexen-1-one, and 2-cyclohexen-1-ol, cyclohexene oxide is formed in much smaller amounts. Limonene gives as the main products limonene oxide, carvone, and carveol. Perillaldehyde and perillyl alcohol are also present in the products but to a lesser extent. The investigated system is twice as efficient as the [(bpy)2FeII]2+/O2/cyclohexene system and comparable to the [(bpy)2MnII]2+/O2/limonene system. Using cyclic voltammetry, it has been shown that, when the catalyst, dioxgen, and substrate are present simultaneously in the reaction mixture, the iron(IV) oxo adduct [(N4Py)FeIV=O]2+ is formed, which is the oxidative species. This observation is supported by DFT calculations. Full article
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Synthesis and Structural Characterization of Phosphanide Gold(III)/Gold(I) Complexes and Their Thallium(III) and Gold(III) Precursors
by Laura Coconubo-Guio, José M. López-de-Luzuriaga, Sonia Moreno and M. Elena Olmos
Molecules 2023, 28(1), 447; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules28010447 - 03 Jan 2023
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In this paper, we describe a series of diphenylphosphane and diphenylphosphanide gold(III) and gold(III)/gold(I) complexes containing 3,5-C6Cl2F3 as aryl ligands at gold that have been synthesized due to the arylating and oxidant properties of the new polymeric thallium(III) [...] Read more.
In this paper, we describe a series of diphenylphosphane and diphenylphosphanide gold(III) and gold(III)/gold(I) complexes containing 3,5-C6Cl2F3 as aryl ligands at gold that have been synthesized due to the arylating and oxidant properties of the new polymeric thallium(III) complex [TlCl(3,5-C6Cl2F3)2]n (1). Its reaction with [Au(3,5-C6Cl2F3)(tht)] (tht = tetrahydrothiophene) produces the gold(III) complex [Au(3,5-C6Cl2F3)3(tht)] (2), which allows the synthesis of the diphenylohosphane derivative [Au(3,5-C6Cl2F3)3(PPh2H)] (3). Its treatment with acetylacetonate gold(I) derivatives leads to two novel AuIII/AuI phosphanido-bridged complexes, [PPN][Au(3,5-C6Cl2F3)3(µ-PPh2)AuCl] (4) and [PPN][{(3,5-C6Cl2F3)3Au(µ-PPh2)}2Au] (5). All these complexes have been characterized, and the crystal structures of 1, 2, 4 and 5 have been established by single crystal X-ray diffraction methods, showing a novel polymeric arrangement in 1. Full article
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