Experimental charge density and neutron structural study of cis-HMn(CO){sub 4}PPh{sub 3}: Comprehensive analysis of chemical bonding and evidence for a C-H{hor_ellipsis}H-Mn hydrogen bond
- Univ. of Missouri, St. Louis, MO (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
- Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (United States). Chemistry Dept.
The structure and bonding in cis-HMn(CO){sub 4}PPh{sub 3} have been studied by low-temperature neutron and high-resolution X-ray diffraction, the latter study using a charge-coupled device (CCD) area detector. A charge density analysis, including the deformation density, a full topological analysis of {minus}{del}{sup 2}{rho}, has been conducted. The electrostatic component of the H{sup {delta}+}{hor_ellipsis}H{sup {delta}{minus}} interaction energy is calculated to be 5.7 kcal/mol from the experimental data. This electrostatic evidence coupled with the geometry C-H{hor_ellipsis}H 129.0(2){degree} and H{hor_ellipsis}H-Mn 126.5(1){degree} and the identification of an H{hor_ellipsis}H bond path in the charge density distribution strongly supports the characterization of this interaction as an intramolecular C-H{hor_ellipsis}H-Mn hydrogen bond. Both the deformation density and the topological study clearly illustrate the {sigma}-donor nature of both the H-Mn and Ph{sub 3}P-Mn interactions and the {sigma}-donor/{pi}-acceptor nature of the manganese-carbonyl bonds. The topological study further confirms the decrease in C-O bond order upon coordination to the metal and demonstrates for the first time by this method that the metal-ligand bonds, although showing characteristics of a closed-shell interaction, do have a significant dative covalent component to the bond. The latter is reinforced by a study of the derived Mn d-orbital populations, in which populations of the d{sub z{sup 2}} and d{sub x{sup 2}{minus}y{sup 2}} orbitals are significantly higher than would be predicted by a simple crystal field theory model of metal-ligand bonding.
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- Petroleum Research Fund (United States); National Science Foundation, Washington, DC (United States); USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76CH00016
- OSTI ID:
- 316222
- Journal Information:
- Inorganic Chemistry, Vol. 37, Issue 24; Other Information: PBD: 30 Nov 1998
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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