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Metallic cyanoacetylides of copper, silver and gold: generation and structural characterization
Carlos Cabezas1, Carmen Barrientos2, Antonio Largo2
1Grupo de Espectroscopia Molecular (GEM), Edificio Quifima, Laboratorios de Espectroscopia y Bioespectroscopia, Unidad Asociada CSIC, Parque Científico Uva, Universidad de Valladolid, Paseo de Belén 5, 47011 Valladolid, Spain. jlalonso@qf.uva.es.
Abstract:
The metallic cyanoacetylides CuCCCN, AgCCCN, and AuCCCN have been synthesized in the throat of a pulsed supersonic expansion by reaction of metal vapors, produced by laser ablation, and BrCCCN. Their pure rotational spectra in the (X1Σ+) electronic ground state were observed by Fourier transform microwave spectroscopy in the 2-10 GHz frequency region. Importantly, the rotational spectroscopy constants determined from the analysis of the rotational spectra clearly established the existence of metal-CCCN arrangements for all the mentioned cyanoacetylides. A study of the chemical bonding by means of a topological analysis of the electron density helps to understand the preference for metal-C bonding over metal-N bonding.
