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Victor Polo
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Synthesis and molecular and electronic structures of a series of Mo3CoSe4 cluster complexes with three different metal electron populations.
2008
The synthesis, crystal structure, and magnetic properties of [Mo 3(CoCO)Se 4(dmpe) 3Cl 3] ( 1), [Mo 3(CoCl)Se 4(dmpe) 3Cl 3] ( 2), and [Mo 3(CoCl)Se 4(dmpe) 3Cl 3](TCNQ) ([ 2](TCNQ)) (dmpe = 1,2-bis(dimethylphosphanyl)ethane; TCNQ = 7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinomethane) cubane-type complexes with 16, 15, and 14 metal electrons, respectively, are reported. These compounds complete the series of cobalt-containing Mo 3CoQ 4 (Q = S, Se) cubane-type complexes, which allows a complete analysis of the consequences of replacing the inner chalcogen and the metal electron count on the structural, magnetic, and electrochemical properties. The experimental evidence is theoretically supported and rationalized…
Cubane-Type Mo3FeS44+,5+ Complexes Containing Outer Diphosphane Ligands: Ligand Substitution Reactions, Spectroscopic Studies, and Electronic Structu…
2012
A general protocol to access Mo(3)FeS(4)(4+) clusters selectively modified at the Fe coordination site is presented starting from the all-chlorine Mo(3)(FeCl)S(4)(dmpe)(3)Cl(3) (1) [dmpe = 1,2-bis(dimethylphosphane-ethane)] cluster and tetrabutylammonium salts (n-Bu(4)NX) (X = CN(-), N(3)(-), and PhS(-)). Clusters Mo(3)(FeX)S(4)(dmpe)(3)Cl(3) [X = CN(-) (2), N(3)(-) (3), and PhS(-) (4)] are prepared in high yield, and comparison of geometric and redox features upon modification of the coordination environment at the Fe site at parity of ligands at the Mo sites is also presented. The existence of the cubane-type Mo(3)FeS(4)(4+,5+) redox couple is demonstrated by cyclic voltammetry and for co…
Toward an Understanding of the Catalytic Role of Hydrogen-Bond Donor Solvents in the Hetero-Diels−Alder Reaction between Acetone and Butadiene Deriva…
2006
A detailed theoretical investigation of the catalytic role of hydrogen-bond- (HB-) donor molecules (water, methanol, chloroform, dichloromethane, and chloromethane) in the hetero-Diels-Alder reaction between acetone and N,N-dimethyl-1-amino-3-methoxy-1,3-butadiene is presented. This work extends a previous study (Domingo, L. R.; Andres, J. J. Org. Chem. 2003, 68, 8662) in which the importance of weak HB-donor solvents to catalyze more effectively than solvents with a higher dielectric constant but no HB-donor capability was analyzed. Now, based on density functional theory (DFT) at B3LYP/6-31+G(d) level calculations, different techniques for analyzing the nature of HB interaction, namely, n…
Better understanding of the ring-cleavage process of cyanocyclopropyl anionic derivatives. A theoretical study based on the electron localization fun…
2005
[reaction: see text] Theoretical calculations at the B3LYP/6-31+G(d), MP2/6-31+G(d), and G3(MP2) levels have been carried out to understand the alternative reaction pathways (the cyclopropyl ring cleavage (RC) and the retrocycloaddition reaction (rCA)) of a constrained tricyanocyclopropyl anionic derivative. The more energetically favorable path is found to be the RC process, a formally "forbidden" rearrangement (Leiviers, M.; Tam, I.; Groves, K.; Leung, D.; Xie, Y.; Breslow, R. Org. Lett. 2003, 5, 19, 3407) yielding an allylic anion system via a concerted transition structure, in agreement with experimental outcomes. rCA is more energetically favorable along a two-stage mechanism, via an i…
Synthesis and structure of a paramagnetic Mo3S4 incomplete cuboidal cluster with seven cluster skeletal electrons
2012
The electron precise incomplete cuboidal complex [Mo(3)S(4)(dppe)(3)Br(3)]Br (1a) with 6 cluster skeletal electrons (CSE) and its halogen-mixed analogue [Mo(3)S(4)(dppe)(3)(Br,Cl)(3)](Br,Cl) (1b) can be smoothly reduced to the paramagnetic [Mo(3)S(4)(dppe)(3)X(3)] clusters (2a, X = Br; 2b, X = Cl/Br) with 7 CSE by treatment with liquid Ga.
Molecular Rearrangement of an Aza-Scorpiand Macrocycle Induced by pH: A Computational Study †
2016
Rearrangements and their control are a hot topic in supramolecular chemistry due to the possibilities that these phenomena open in the design of synthetic receptors and molecular machines. Macrocycle aza-scorpiands constitute an interesting system that can reorganize their spatial structure depending on pH variations or the presence of metal cations. In this study, the relative stabilities of these conformations were predicted computationally by semi-empirical and density functional theory approximations, and the reorganization from closed to open conformations was simulated by using the Monte Carlo multiple minimum method Financial support by the Spanish Ministerio de Economía y Competitiv…
Trinuclear Mo3S7 clusters coordinated to dithiolate or diselenolate ligands and their use in the preparation of magnetic single component molecular c…
2008
A general route for the preparation of a series of dianionic Mo3S7 cluster complexes bearing dithiolate or diselenolate ligands, namely, [Mo3S7L3](2-) (where L = tfd (bis(trifluoromethyl)-1,2-dithiolate) (4(2-)), bdt (1,2-benzenedithiolate) (5(2-)), dmid (1,3-dithia-2-one-4,5-dithiolate) (6(2-)), and dsit (1,3-dithia-2-thione-4,5-diselenolate) (7(2-))) is reported by direct reaction of [Mo3S7Br6](2-) and (n-Bu)2Sn(dithiolate). The redox properties, molecular structure, and electronic structure (BP86/VTZP) of the 4(2-) to 7(2-) clusters have also been investigated. The HOMO orbital in all complexes is delocalized over the ligand and the Mo3S7 cluster core. Ligand contributions to the HOMO ra…
Synthesis, molecular and electronic structure of an incomplete cuboidal Re 3S 4 cluster with an unusual quadruplet ground state
2012
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A theoretical study on the thermal ring opening rearrangement of 1H-bicyclo[3.1.0]hexa-3,5-dien-2-one: a case of two state reactivity
2009
The molecular mechanism of the thermal rearrangement of singlet 1H-bicyclo[3.1.0]hexa-3,5-dien-2-one to give triplet 4-oxocyclohexa-2,5-dienylidene has been investigated using density functional theory (B3LYP and M05-2X functionals) as well as ab initio CASSCF and CASPT2 multiconfigurational methods. The reactant has a singlet ground state while the product can be found in three low lying electronic states P((3)B(1)), P((1)B(1)), and P((1)A'). Therefore, the molecular mechanism of this ring opening rearrangement may involve up to three different potential energy surfaces of two spin multiplicities: two singlet (closed shell, CS, and open shell, OS) and one triplet. The stationary points on …