{"id":10498,"date":"2013-05-15T20:01:40","date_gmt":"2013-05-15T19:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ch.imperial.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/?p=10498"},"modified":"2014-01-17T07:46:06","modified_gmt":"2014-01-17T07:46:06","slug":"au-and-pt-%cf%80-complexes-of-cyclobutadiene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/?p=10498","title":{"rendered":"Au and Pt \u03c0-complexes of cyclobutadiene."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"kcite-section\" kcite-section-id=\"10498\">\n<p>In the <a title=\"The \u03c0-complex theory of metal-alkene compounds.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ch.imperial.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/?p=10448\" target=\"_blank\">preceding post<\/a>, I introduced Dewar&#8217;s\u00a0\u03c0-complex theory for alkene-metal compounds, outlining the molecular orbital analysis he presented, in which the filled \u03c0-MO of the alkene donates into a Ag<sup>+<\/sup>\u00a0empty metal orbital and back-donation occurs from a filled metal orbital into the alkene \u03c0* MO. Here I play a little &#8220;what if&#8221; game with this scenario to see what one can learn from doing so.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10502\" alt=\"Au+cbd\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ch.imperial.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Au+cbd.svg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Firstly, I will use Au<sup>+<\/sup> instead of Ag<sup>+<\/sup>, so as to make a comparison with Pt<sup>2+<\/sup> a little more direct. The electronic configurations are of course\u00a0[Xe].4f<sup>14<\/sup>.5d<sup>10<\/sup>.6s<sup>0<\/sup>\u00a0and\u00a0[Xe].4f<sup>14<\/sup>.5d<sup>8<\/sup>.6s<sup>0<\/sup> respectively. I will also replace a simple ethene with cyclobutadiene, the intent here being that this cyclo-diene is a very much better\u00a0\u03c0-donor due to its anti-aromatic character. It also now has the possibility of acting as a four or a two-electron donor. I started with M=Pt<sup>+<\/sup><span id=\"cite_ITEM-10498-0\" name=\"citation\"><a href=\"#ITEM-10498-0\">[1]<\/a><\/span> by adding another double bond to the structure of the ethene complex.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-10503\" alt=\"Pt-cbd\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ch.imperial.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Pt-cbd.jpeg\" width=\"312\" height=\"293\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Optimising this starting structure in fact moves the metal and the final geometry has C<sub>4v<\/sub> symmetry; in other words the metal is bound symmetrically to all four carbons. The four C-C lengths are all the same (1.46\u00c5) and strongly suggest that four electrons from the cyclobutadiene are participating in bonding; the Pt<sup>2+<\/sup> is clearly capable of accepting four electrons, two into 6s<sup>0\u00a0<\/sup>and two into\u00a05d<sup>8<\/sup>. In the process, the cyclobutadiene looses its antiaromaticity. The molecular orbitals of this species are all lovely; I illustrate just one below.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10505\" style=\"width: 303px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10505\" class=\" wp-image-10505 \" alt=\"Click for  3D.\" onclick=\"jmolInitialize('..\/Jmol\/','JmolAppletSigned.jar');jmolSetAppletColor('white');jmolApplet([450,450],'load wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Pt4_mo21.cub.xyz;zoom 80;isosurface color green blue wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Pt4_mo21.cub.jvxl translucent;');\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ch.imperial.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Pt-cbd-21.jpeg\" width=\"293\" height=\"293\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10505\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click for 3D.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>If the Pt in this C<sub>4v<\/sub> structure is mutated into Au<sup>+<\/sup>, the resulting optimised stationary point exhibits a negative force constant characteristic of a transition state<span id=\"cite_ITEM-10498-1\" name=\"citation\"><a href=\"#ITEM-10498-1\">[2]<\/a><\/span>. As the d-shell is already fully, the Au can only accept two electrons, and this is therefore a nice illustration of the &#8220;18-electron&#8221; rule in operation. So, the Au<sup>+<\/sup> complex must exist in at least one lower energy form. For example, one where the Au<sup>+<\/sup> is coordinated to only one alkene is 94 kcal\/mol lower in free energy.<span id=\"cite_ITEM-10498-2\" name=\"citation\"><a href=\"#ITEM-10498-2\">[3]<\/a><\/span> This form results in electrons from the coordinated alkene being donated into the 6s Au orbital, and this action reduces the anti-aromaticity of the cyclobutadiene ring.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-10508\" alt=\"Au-cs\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ch.imperial.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Au-cs.jpg\" width=\"210\" height=\"169\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Another isomer also achieves this result, resulting in a further lowering in free energy of 11.0 kcal\/mol<span id=\"cite_ITEM-10498-3\" name=\"citation\"><a href=\"#ITEM-10498-3\">[4]<\/a><\/span> The anti-aromaticity this time is eliminated by forming an allyl cation on the ring. I have described this mode in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ch.imperial.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/?p=4952\" target=\"_blank\">another post<\/a>, commenting on the effect when a guanidinium cation interacts with cyclobutadiene.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-10512\" alt=\"Au-cs1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ch.imperial.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Au-cs1.jpg\" width=\"169\" height=\"173\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We have learnt that cyclobutadiene has many modes for eliminating 4n-electron antiaromaticity and other destabilising influences upon the ring. It can accept four electrons from a suitable acceptor (Pt<sup>2+<\/sup>), or two electrons from Au<sup>+<\/sup> in two different ways.<\/p>\n<h2>References<\/h2>\n    <ol class=\"kcite-bibliography csl-bib-body\"><li id=\"ITEM-10498-0\">H.S. Rzepa, \"Gaussian Job Archive for C4H4Pt(2+)\", 2013. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.6084\/m9.figshare.703546\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.6084\/m9.figshare.703546<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"ITEM-10498-1\">H.S. Rzepa, \"Gaussian Job Archive for C4H4Au(1+)\", 2013. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.6084\/m9.figshare.703547\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.6084\/m9.figshare.703547<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"ITEM-10498-2\">H.S. Rzepa, \"Gaussian Job Archive for C4H4Au(1+)\", 2013. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.6084\/m9.figshare.703576\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.6084\/m9.figshare.703576<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"ITEM-10498-3\">H.S. Rzepa, \"Gaussian Job Archive for C4H4Au(1+)\", 2013. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.6084\/m9.figshare.703577\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.6084\/m9.figshare.703577<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<\/div> <!-- kcite-section 10498 -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the preceding post, I introduced Dewar&#8217;s\u00a0\u03c0-complex theory for alkene-metal compounds, outlining the molecular orbital analysis he presented, in which the filled \u03c0-MO of the alkene donates into a Ag+\u00a0empty metal orbital and back-donation occurs from a filled metal orbital into the alkene \u03c0* MO. 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