The nature of the metal-nitric oxide bond in the [M(CN)5(NO)]q (M = Cr, Mn, Fe, Ru, Os, and Co) and trans-[Ru(NH3)4L(NO)]q (L = pyrazine, pyridine, N2, H2O, Cl-, CN-, NO2-) complexes: A bond-energy decomposition analysis

Olga Lyubimova, Olga V. Sizova, Christoph Loschen, Gernot Frenking

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Abstract

A bond-energy decomposition analysis (EDA) has been carried out to investigate the nature of the M{single bond}NO bonding in the pentacyanonitrosyl [Cr(CN)5(NO)]4-, [Mn(CN)5(NO)]3-, [M(CN)5(NO)]2- (M = Fe, Ru, Os), [Co(CN)5(NO)]3- complexes and in the trans-nitrosyltetraammineruthenium [Ru(NH3)4L(NO)]q (L = pyrazine, pyridine, N2, H2O (q = 3); and L = Cl-, CN-, NO2- (q = 2)) complexes. For the pentacyanonitrosyl complexes of Fe, Ru, and Os three fragmentation models have been considered: {M(CN)5}3-⋯{NO}+, {M(CN)5}2-⋯{NO}0, and {M(CN)5}-⋯{NO}-. The results of the EDA show that the linear M{single bond}NO bonds are predominantly covalent with a significant (∼70%) contribution of π orbital interaction between unpaired electrons on the dπ and π*(NO0) orbitals. EDA results point to the correlation between M{single bond}NO and M{single bond}L binding interactions in the trans-[Ru(NH3)4L(NO)]q complexes.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)28-35
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Molecular Structure: THEOCHEM
Volume865
Issue number1-3
DOIs
StatePublished - 30 Sep 2008
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Bonding energy
  • Density functional theory
  • Energy decomposition analysis
  • Nitrosyl
  • Transition metal complexes

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