Copper(I) and silver(I) carbonyls. To be or not to be nonclassical
- 14 January 2000
- journal article
- perspective
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans.
- No. 1,p. 1-6
- https://doi.org/10.1039/a908459b
Abstract
The traditional, or classical, picture of M–CO bonding is not a good model for more than 200 metal carbonyl species with average ν(CO) values greater than 2143 cm−1. These “nonclassical” complexes, exemplified in this Perspective by the cations Cu(CO)n + and Ag(CO)n + (n = 1–4), possess M–CO interactions that are best described as M←CO σ bonds having a significant electrostatic component. There is relatively little M→CO π backbonding. However, despite the similarity in ν(CO) values, homologous Cu(CO)n + and Ag(CO)n + complexes behave differently when subjected to perturbations such as stretching the metal–carbon bonds or adding a pair of weak ligands to the metal center.Keywords
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