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Dalton Trans. 2013 May 28;42(20):7338-44. doi: 10.1039/c3dt32862g.

Toward molecular rotors: tetra-N-heterocyclic carbene Ag(I)-halide cubane-type clusters.

Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003)

Wesley D Clark, Ginger E Tyson, T Keith Hollis, Henry U Valle, Edward J Valente, Allen G Oliver, Matthew P Dukes

Affiliations

  1. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Mississippi, 407 Coulter Hall, University, MS 38677, USA.

PMID: 23389555 DOI: 10.1039/c3dt32862g

Abstract

1,3-Bis(3'-butylimidazol-1'-yl)benzene diiodide (2a), 1,3-bis(3'-but-3''-enyl-imidazolium-3'-yl)benzene diiodide (2b), 1,3-bis(3'-pent-4''-enyl-imidazolium-3'-yl)benzene diiodide (2c), 1,3-bis(4'-butyl-1',2',4'-triazolium-1'-yl)benzene diiodide (2d), or 1,3-bis(4'-butyl-1',2',4'-triazolium-1'-yl)benzene dibromide (2e) was reacted with Ag2O yielding unprecedented tetra-N-heterocyclic carbene-Ag(I)-X cubane-type clusters. These were characterized by (1)H and (13)C NMR spectroscopy, ESI-TOF MS, elemental analysis, and X-ray crystallography. Results from VT (13)C NMR spectroscopy and cross-over experiments are consistent with intramolecular exchange suggesting that the Ag(I) complexes are molecular rotors.

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