{"id":17858,"date":"2017-03-25T17:28:11","date_gmt":"2017-03-25T17:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ch.imperial.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/?p=17858"},"modified":"2017-08-07T08:58:27","modified_gmt":"2017-08-07T07:58:27","slug":"first-hexacoordinate-carbon-now-pentacoordinate-oxygen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/?p=17858","title":{"rendered":"First, hexacoordinate carbon \u2013 now pentacoordinate oxygen?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"kcite-section\" kcite-section-id=\"17858\">\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ch.imperial.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/?p=17829\">previous post<\/a> demonstrated the simple iso-electronic progression from six-coordinate carbon to five coordinate nitrogen. Here, a further progression to oxygen is investigated computationally.<\/p>\n<p>The systems are formally constructed from a cyclobutadienyl di-anion and firstly the HO<sup>5+<\/sup> cation, giving a tri-cationic complex. There are no examples of the resulting motif\u00a0in the Cambridge structure database. A \u03c9B97XD\/Def2-TZVPP calculation (DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.14469\/hpc\/2350\">10.14469\/hpc\/2350<\/a>) shows it is again a stable minimum, with a Kekule mode of 1203 cm<sup>-1<\/sup>.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17864\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/5-O.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A QTAIM\u00a0\u00a0topological analysis of the electron density shows it differs from the nitrogen analogue in now having the ring topological feature for the basal four carbons, which in turn gives rise to a cage critical point (blue dot). The values of the electron density are lower than for N.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-17859\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/185-919x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/185-919x1024.jpg 919w, https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/185-269x300.jpg 269w, https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/185-768x856.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/185.jpg 1048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 919px) 100vw, 919px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The ELF basin analysis shows the C-C bonds are regular single ones (2.01e), whereas the C-O bonds have a slightly greater electron population\u00a0than the C-N bonds discussed in the previous post.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-17860\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/184.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/184.jpg 719w, https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/184-300x263.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 719px) 100vw, 719px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I suspect the prospects of making a stable tri-cation in such a small molecule are lower than the crystal di-cation achieved with carbon as the apical atom. But the charge can be reduced to a di-cation by replacing the HO<sup>5+<\/sup>\u00a0 above with S<sup>&#8211;<\/sup>-O<sup>5+<\/sup>;\u00a0the animation below showing the Kekule mode (1140 cm<sup>-1<\/sup>, DOI:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.14469\/hpc\/2356\">10.14469\/hpc\/2356<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17869\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/5-O-S.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17871\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/186.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/186.jpg 891w, https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/186-279x300.jpg 279w, https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/186-768x827.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 891px) 100vw, 891px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And for some (negative) loose ends.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The P equivalent constructed from\u00a0cyclobutadienyl di-anion and HP<sup>4+<\/sup> is now unremarkably 5-coordinate. But in fact it is not a stable minimum (DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.14469\/hpc\/2357\">10.14469\/hpc\/2357<\/a>), having two negative force constants.<\/li>\n<li>as does the system \u00a0from\u00a0cyclobutadienyl di-anion and O=P<sup>4+<\/sup>(DOI:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.14469\/hpc\/2358\">10.14469\/hpc\/2358<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>and the system from cyclobutadienyl di-anion and HS<sup>5+<\/sup>(DOI:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.14469\/hpc\/2360\">10.14469\/hpc\/2360<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Transposition of S\/O to give O<sup>&#8211;<\/sup>-S<sup>5+\u00a0<\/sup>likewise (DOI:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.14469\/hpc\/2359\">10.14469\/hpc\/2359<\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>So the family of hyper-coordinate 2nd row main group elements now comprises the experimentally verified\u00a0C, with N and O now open to such\u00a0verification.<\/p>\n<!-- kcite active, but no citations found -->\n<\/div> <!-- kcite-section 17858 -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The previous post demonstrated the simple iso-electronic progression from six-coordinate carbon to five coordinate nitrogen. 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