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Published on: December 29, 2016
Selective insertion of oxygen and selenium into an electron-precise paramagnetic selenium-manganese carbonyl cluster
Minghuey Shieh1, Chia-Hua Ho, Wen-Shyan Sheu
1Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei 116, Taiwan, Republic of China. mshieh@ntnu.edu.tw
Abstract:
The facile synthesis of a novel electron-precise paramagnetic hexamanganese carbonyl selenide cluster [Se(6)Mn(6)(CO)(18)](4-) (1) was discovered, which demonstrates contrasting reactivity toward O(2) and Se(8) under markedly mild conditions to afford the O- and Se-inserted clusters [Se(6)Mn(6)(CO)(18)(O)](4-) (2) and [Se(10)Mn(6)(CO)(18)](4-) (3), respectively. Clusters 1-3 represent the first examples of electron-precise paramagnetic main-group transition metal carbonyl clusters, and their formation and bonding properties are further elucidated by theoretical calculations.
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