Molecular orbital study of some eight-coordinate sulfur chelate complexes of molybdenum
- Univ. of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland
A number of molybdenum complexes involving the formal oxidation states Mo(IV) and Mo(V) have been studied by a self-consistent-field molecular orbital technique. All the complexes were of dodecahedral geometry and had eight sulfurs chelated to the central metal atom. In all, a series of five tetrakis complexes was studied, including the ligands dithiocarbamate (dtc), thioxanthate (txn), 1,1-dicyano-2,2-ethylenedithiolate (i-mnt), 1-cyano-1-carbethoxy-2,2-ethylenedithiolate (ced), and 1,1-dicarbethoxy-2,2-ethylenedithiolate (ded). The 4d orbitals were included on molybdenum, and the empty 3d levels on all sulfur atoms. The results show that the highest occupied molecular orbital in each case has over 90% metal d/sub xy/ character. Further, the energy of this orbital is linearly related to the reversible half-wave potentials for Mo(IV) ..-->.. Mo(V) and Mo(V) ..-->.. Mo(VI) oxidations of the complexes. A further irreversible oxidation observed experimentally also is closely related to the calculated energy levels. Relationships between the calculated results and Mo 3d/sub 5///sub 2/ X-ray photoelectron binding energies, EPR parameters, and charge-transfer absorption energies are discussed. Electrochemical and spectroscopic properties of these MoS/sub 8/ complexes can be understood in terms of a manifold of orbital energies that retain approximately constant spacings between one another and that move up or down in absolute energy in response to the charge donated or withdrawn by the ligands.
- OSTI ID:
- 5438670
- Journal Information:
- Inorg. Chem.; (United States), Vol. 22:7
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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