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Title: Nickel(ii) complexes based on dithiolate–polyamine binary ligand systems: crystal structures, hirshfeld surface analysis, theoretical study, and catalytic activity study on photocatalytic hydrogen generation

Abstract

To ascertain the influence of binary ligand systems [1,1-dicyanoethylene-2,2-dithiolate (i-mnt-2) and polyamine {tetraen = tris(2-aminoethyl)amine, tren = diethylene triamine and opda = o-phenylenediamine}] on the coordination modes of the Ni(II) metal center and resulting supramolecular architectures, a series of nickel(II) thiolate complexes [Ni(tetraen)(i-mnt)](DMSO) (1), [Ni2(tren)2(i-mnt)2] (2), and [Ni2(i-mnt)2(opda)2]n (3) have been synthesized in high yield in one step in water and structurally characterized by single crystal X-ray crystallography and spectroscopic techniques. X-ray diffraction studies disclose the diverse i-mnt-2 coordination to the Ni+2 center in the presence of active polyamine ligands, forming a slightly distorted octahedral geometry (NiN4S2) in 1, square planar (NiS4) and distorted octahedral geometries (NiN6) in the bimetallic co-crystallized aggregate of cationic [Ni(tren)2]+2 and anionic [Ni(i-mnt)2]-2 in 2, and a one dimensional (1D) polymeric chain along the [100] axis in 3, having consecutive square planar (NiS4) and octahedral (NiN6) coordination kernels. The N–H···O, N–H···S, N–H···N, N–H···S, N–H···N, and N–H···O type hydrogen bonds stabilize the supramolecular assemblies in 1, 2, and 3 respectively imparting interesting graph-set-motifs. The molecular Hirshfeld surface analyses (HS) and 2D fingerprint plots were utilized for decoding all types of non-covalent contacts in the crystal networks. Atomic HS analysis of the Ni+2 centers reveals significant Ni–Nmore » metal–ligand interactions compared to Ni–S interactions. We have also studied the unorthodox interactions observed in the solid state structures of 1–3 by QTAIM and NBO analyses. Moreover, all the complexes proved to be highly active water reduction co-catalysts (WRC) in a photo-catalytic hydrogen evolution process involving iridium photosensitizers, wherein 2 and 3 having a square planar arrangement around the nickel center(s) – were found to be the most active ones, achieving 1000 and 1119 turnover numbers (TON), respectively.« less

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [2]; ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [3]; ORCiD logo [4];  [5]; ORCiD logo [5]
  1. Govt. Degree College, Dharmanagar (India)
  2. Bineswar Brahma Engineering College, Kokrajhar (India)
  3. Westfälische Wilhelms-Univ. Münster (Germany)
  4. Univ. de les Illes Balears, Palma de Mallorca (Spain)
  5. Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1853622
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1776377
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0020392
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Dalton Transactions
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 50; Journal Issue: 16; Journal ID: ISSN 1477-9226
Publisher:
Royal Society of Chemistry
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Citation Formats

Adhikari, Suman, Bhattacharjee, Tirtha, Bhattacharjee, Sharmila, Daniliuc, Constantin Gabriel, Frontera, Antonio, Lopato, Eric M., and Bernhard, Stefan. Nickel(ii) complexes based on dithiolate–polyamine binary ligand systems: crystal structures, hirshfeld surface analysis, theoretical study, and catalytic activity study on photocatalytic hydrogen generation. United States: N. p., 2021. Web. doi:10.1039/d1dt00352f.
Adhikari, Suman, Bhattacharjee, Tirtha, Bhattacharjee, Sharmila, Daniliuc, Constantin Gabriel, Frontera, Antonio, Lopato, Eric M., & Bernhard, Stefan. Nickel(ii) complexes based on dithiolate–polyamine binary ligand systems: crystal structures, hirshfeld surface analysis, theoretical study, and catalytic activity study on photocatalytic hydrogen generation. United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1dt00352f
Adhikari, Suman, Bhattacharjee, Tirtha, Bhattacharjee, Sharmila, Daniliuc, Constantin Gabriel, Frontera, Antonio, Lopato, Eric M., and Bernhard, Stefan. Tue . "Nickel(ii) complexes based on dithiolate–polyamine binary ligand systems: crystal structures, hirshfeld surface analysis, theoretical study, and catalytic activity study on photocatalytic hydrogen generation". United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1dt00352f. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1853622.
@article{osti_1853622,
title = {Nickel(ii) complexes based on dithiolate–polyamine binary ligand systems: crystal structures, hirshfeld surface analysis, theoretical study, and catalytic activity study on photocatalytic hydrogen generation},
author = {Adhikari, Suman and Bhattacharjee, Tirtha and Bhattacharjee, Sharmila and Daniliuc, Constantin Gabriel and Frontera, Antonio and Lopato, Eric M. and Bernhard, Stefan},
abstractNote = {To ascertain the influence of binary ligand systems [1,1-dicyanoethylene-2,2-dithiolate (i-mnt-2) and polyamine {tetraen = tris(2-aminoethyl)amine, tren = diethylene triamine and opda = o-phenylenediamine}] on the coordination modes of the Ni(II) metal center and resulting supramolecular architectures, a series of nickel(II) thiolate complexes [Ni(tetraen)(i-mnt)](DMSO) (1), [Ni2(tren)2(i-mnt)2] (2), and [Ni2(i-mnt)2(opda)2]n (3) have been synthesized in high yield in one step in water and structurally characterized by single crystal X-ray crystallography and spectroscopic techniques. X-ray diffraction studies disclose the diverse i-mnt-2 coordination to the Ni+2 center in the presence of active polyamine ligands, forming a slightly distorted octahedral geometry (NiN4S2) in 1, square planar (NiS4) and distorted octahedral geometries (NiN6) in the bimetallic co-crystallized aggregate of cationic [Ni(tren)2]+2 and anionic [Ni(i-mnt)2]-2 in 2, and a one dimensional (1D) polymeric chain along the [100] axis in 3, having consecutive square planar (NiS4) and octahedral (NiN6) coordination kernels. The N–H···O, N–H···S, N–H···N, N–H···S, N–H···N, and N–H···O type hydrogen bonds stabilize the supramolecular assemblies in 1, 2, and 3 respectively imparting interesting graph-set-motifs. The molecular Hirshfeld surface analyses (HS) and 2D fingerprint plots were utilized for decoding all types of non-covalent contacts in the crystal networks. Atomic HS analysis of the Ni+2 centers reveals significant Ni–N metal–ligand interactions compared to Ni–S interactions. We have also studied the unorthodox interactions observed in the solid state structures of 1–3 by QTAIM and NBO analyses. Moreover, all the complexes proved to be highly active water reduction co-catalysts (WRC) in a photo-catalytic hydrogen evolution process involving iridium photosensitizers, wherein 2 and 3 having a square planar arrangement around the nickel center(s) – were found to be the most active ones, achieving 1000 and 1119 turnover numbers (TON), respectively.},
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year = {Tue Mar 16 00:00:00 EDT 2021},
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