THEORETICAL COMPARISON OF THE BONDING OF CHALCOCARBONYL LIGANDS
- 1 May 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Coordination Chemistry
- Vol. 44 (1-2) , 91-99
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00958979808022883
Abstract
Fenske-Hall molecular orbital calculations on the complexes CpFe(CO)2(CX)+ (X = O, S, Se, and Te) have been used to quantify the nature of bonding between the CX ligands and the metal atom. In addition, conclusions have been reached about the reactivity of the complexes under both nucleophilic and electrophilic attack. The previously established trend of increasing metal—ligand bond strength as X changes from O to S to Se is demonstrated by our molecular orbital calculations, and found to extend to Te. The mechanism for nucleophilic attack, variously explained in the past by either charge control or orbital control, is quantitatively ascribed to orbital control only. The nature of electrophilic attack on these complexes is also found to begin with orbital control.Keywords
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