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From Molecules to Materials: Engineering New Ionic Liquid Crystals Through Halogen Bonding
Published on: March 24, 2018
Striking ligand-disproportionative Cl/aryl scrambling in a simple Au(III) system. Solvent role, driving forces and
Sara Fernández-Moyano1, Marconi N Peñas-Defrutos, Camino Bartolomé
1IU CINQUIMA/Química Inorgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valladolid, Valladolid-47071, Spain. espinet@qi.uva.es.
Abstract:
Aryl rearrangements triggered by Cl- extraction from trans-[AuIII(Rf)2Cl2]- (Rf = C6F3Cl2-3,5), led quickly to a mixture of [Au(Rf)3(solv)], cis-[Au(Rf)2Cl(solv)] and [Au(Rf)Cl2(solv)] (solv = OEt2, OH2). 19F NMR and X-ray diffraction studies led us to identify the species present in solution and the role of the solvent in their formation, while DFT calculations confirm the thermodynamic basis of their evolution. Very different Rf-Rf coupling rates are found from (μ-Cl)2[cis-Au(Rf)2]2 or cis-[Au(Rf)2ClL] species (L = OEt2, NCMe, Cl-) depending on the coordination strength of the ligand or solvent in the fourth position.
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