Electronic structure of (MePh3P)2[NiII(bdtCl2)2]·2(CH3)2SO and (MePh3P)[NiIII(bdtCl2)2] (bdtCl2 = 3, 6‐dichlorobenzene‐1, 2‐dithiolate). Issue 6 (29th November 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Adamko Koziskova, Julia; Chen, Yu-Sheng; Grass, Su-Yin; Chuang, Yu-Chun; Hsu, I-Jui; Wang, Yu; Lutz, Martin; Volkov, Anatoliy; Herich, Peter; Vénosová, Barbora; Jelemenská, Ingrid; Bučinský, Lukáš; Breza, Martin; Kožíšek, Jozef
• Is Part Of: Acta crystallographica. Volume 77:Issue 6(2021)
• Page Start: 919
• Page End: 929
• Publication Date: 2021-11-29
• Subjects: electronic structure -- charge density -- non‐innocent ligands -- X‐ray absorption spectroscopy -- oxidation state -- dithiolene -- quantum crystallography
• DOI: 10.1107/S2052520621011495
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2052-5206

Abstract

Abstract : Differences between the formal oxidation states of two nickel(II/III) coordination compounds with a non‐innocent ligand were studied. There are differences between the theoretical calculations as well as between various experimental results. Abstract : High‐resolution X‐ray diffraction experiments, theoretical calculations and atom‐specific X‐ray absorption experiments were used to investigate two nickel complexes, (MePh3 P)2 [Ni II (bdtCl2 )2 ]·2(CH3 )2 SO [complex (1)] and (MePh3 P)[Ni III (bdtCl2 )2 ] [complex (2)]. Combining the techniques of nickel K ‐ and sulfur K ‐edge X‐ray absorption spectroscopy with high‐resolution X‐ray charge density modeling, together with theoretical calculations, the actual oxidation states of the central Ni atoms in these two complexes are investigated. Ni ions in two complexes are clearly in different oxidation states: the Ni ion of complex (1) is formally Ni II ; that of complex (2) should be formally Ni III, yet it is best described as a combination of Ni 2+ and Ni 3+, due to the involvement of the non‐innocent ligand in the Ni— L bond. A detailed description of Ni—S bond character (σ, π) is presented.