{"id":22971,"date":"2020-11-07T12:13:33","date_gmt":"2020-11-07T12:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ch.imperial.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/?p=22971"},"modified":"2021-04-01T06:29:22","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T05:29:22","slug":"a-new-example-of-a-quadruple-bond-from-carbon-to-fe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/?p=22971","title":{"rendered":"A new example of a quadruple bond from carbon &#8211; to Fe."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"kcite-section\" kcite-section-id=\"22971\">\n<p>Way back in 2010, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ch.imperial.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/?p=3065\">I was writing<\/a> about an experience I had just had during an organic chemistry tutorial, which morphed into speculation as to whether a carbon atom might sustain a quadruple bond to nitrogen. A decade on, and possibly approaching 100 articles by many authors on the topic, quadruple bonds to carbon continue to fascinate. Now an article as appeared<span id=\"cite_ITEM-22971-0\" name=\"citation\"><a href=\"#ITEM-22971-0\">[1]<\/a><\/span> repeating this speculation for a carbon to iron quadruple bond,<sup>&Dagger;<\/sup> in the very simple species C\u2a78Fe(CO)<sub>3<\/sub> (see also a Rh-B equivalent<span id=\"cite_ITEM-22971-1\" name=\"citation\"><a href=\"#ITEM-22971-1\">[2]<\/a><\/span>). This is particularly exciting because of the very real prospect of synthesising this species and perchance getting a crystal structure (something not possible with most of the other quadruply bonded carbon systems studied to date).<\/p>\n<p>They authors report<span id=\"cite_ITEM-22971-0\" name=\"citation\"><a href=\"#ITEM-22971-0\">[1]<\/a><\/span> that this sytem is well described by a single-configurational wavefunction and hence that a M062X\/Def2-TZVPP calculation is a good description of the bonding. In the article you will find the valence molecular orbitals shown, which by their nature show a lot of delocalisation. Because the more localised NBOs are not shown in the article, I illustrate them here, as 3D rotatable models. The DOI for the calculation can be found at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.14469\/hpc\/7537\">10.14469\/hpc\/7537<\/a>.<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th colspan=\"2\">CFe(CO)<sub>3<\/sub><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>NBO 37 &pi;<\/th>\n<th>NBO 36 &pi;<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div id=\"attachment_22976\" style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22976\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-22976\" onclick=\"jmolApplet([250,250],'load wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/CFe.xyz;isosurface wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/CFe-37.jvxl translucent;zoom 150;spin 3;measure 1 5;','c1');\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/37-257x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/37-257x300.jpg 257w, https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/37-878x1024.jpg 878w, https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/37-768x895.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/37.jpg 1037w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-22976\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to view 3D model of NBO 37<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div id=\"attachment_22975\" style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22975\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-22975\" onclick=\"jmolApplet([250,250],'load wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/CFe.xyz;isosurface wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/CFe-36.jvxl translucent;zoom 150;spin 3;measure 1 5;','c2');\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/36-234x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/36-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/36-799x1024.jpg 799w, https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/36-768x984.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/36.jpg 923w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-22975\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to view 3D model of NBO 36<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>NBO 33 &sigma;<\/th>\n<th>NBO 23 &sigma;<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div id=\"attachment_22974\" style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22974\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-22974\" onclick=\"jmolApplet([250,250],'load wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/CFe.xyz;isosurface wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/CFe-33.jvxl translucent;zoom 150;spin 3;','c3');\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/33-300x278.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/33-300x278.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/33-1024x950.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/33-768x712.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/33.jpg 1243w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-22974\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to view 3D model of NBO 33<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div id=\"attachment_22973\" style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22973\" class=\"size-large wp-image-22973\" onclick=\"jmolApplet([250,250],'load wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/CFe.xyz;isosurface wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/CFe-23.jvxl translucent;zoom 150;spin 3;','c4');\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/23-835x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/23-835x1024.jpg 835w, https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/23-245x300.jpg 245w, https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/23-768x942.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/23.jpg 953w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 835px) 100vw, 835px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-22973\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to view 3D model of NBO 23<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>These NBOs show very clearly that the two higher energy orbitals are orthogonal \u03c0-bonds to carbon from Fe and the two lower energy orbitals are both \u03c3-bonds to carbon from Fe. Exactly the same picture appears for C<sub>2<\/sub>, which has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ch.imperial.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/?p=22270\">often mentioned<\/a> on this blog.<\/p>\n<p>All that remains is that some inspired synthetic chemist sets out to make C\u2a78Fe(CO)<sub>3<\/sub> and to report back on its properties. I fancy the last has not yet been heard about quadruple bonds to carbon!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>Postscript:<\/b> Here are the analogous orbitals for the species N\u2a78Mn(CO)<sub>3<\/sub> to illustrate their evolution across an isoelectronic series.<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th colspan=\"2\">NMn(CO)<sub>3<\/sub><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>NBO 35<\/th>\n<th>NBO 34<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div id=\"attachment_22976\" style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22976\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-22976\" onclick=\"jmolApplet([250,250],'load wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/NMn_mo33.xyz;isosurface wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/NMn_mo35.jvxl translucent;zoom 150;spin 3;measure 1 5;','c5');\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/NMn-35.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-22976\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to view 3D model of NBO 35<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div id=\"attachment_22975\" style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22975\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-22975\" onclick=\"jmolApplet([250,250],'load wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/NMn_mo33.xyz;isosurface wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/NMn_mo34.jvxl translucent;zoom 150;spin 3;measure 1 5;','c6');\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/NMn-34.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-22975\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to view 3D model of NBO 34<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>NBO 33<\/th>\n<th>NBO 20<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div id=\"attachment_22974\" style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22974\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-22974\" onclick=\"jmolApplet([250,250],'load wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/NMn_mo33.xyz;isosurface wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/NMn_mo33.jvxl translucent;zoom 150;spin 3;','c7');\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/NMn-33.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-22974\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to view 3D model of NBO 33<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div id=\"attachment_22973\" style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22973\" class=\"size-large wp-image-22973\" onclick=\"jmolApplet([250,250],'load wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/NMn_mo33.xyz;isosurface wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/NMn_mo20.jvxl translucent;zoom 150;spin 3;','c8');\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/NMn-20.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-22973\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to view 3D model of NBO 20<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>NBO 33 (the higher in energy of the two &sigma;-type bonds) has an interesting structure.  Here it is at a slightly lower threshold:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_23037\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23037\" onclick=\"jmolApplet([450,450],'load wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/NMn_mo33.xyz;isosurface wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/NMn_mo33a.jvxl translucent;zoom 150;spin 3;','c9');\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/NMn_33a-1024x839.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"369\" class=\"size-large wp-image-23037\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/NMn_33a-1024x839.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/NMn_33a-300x246.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/NMn_33a-768x629.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/NMn_33a.jpg 1395w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-23037\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to view 3D model of NBO 33 for NMn(CO)3 at threshold 0.015au<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It has an inner compact &sigma;-bond running along the axis of the bond and an outer &#8220;wrap&#8221; of different phase. A two layer &sigma;-bond if you like!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><sup>&Dagger;<\/sup>This was one of the shortlisted candidates for <a href=\"https:\/\/cen.acs.org\/synthesis\/CENs-molecules-of-the-year-for-2020\/98\/i48\">Molecule of the Year, 2020.<\/a> See also<span id=\"cite_ITEM-22971-2\" name=\"citation\"><a href=\"#ITEM-22971-2\">[3]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>References<\/h2>\n    <ol class=\"kcite-bibliography csl-bib-body\"><li id=\"ITEM-22971-0\">A.J. Kalita, S.S. Rohman, C. Kashyap, S.S. Ullah, and A.K. Guha, \"Transition metal carbon quadruple bond: viability through single electron transmutation\", <i>Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics<\/i>, vol. 22, pp. 24178-24180, 2020. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1039\/d0cp03436c\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1039\/d0cp03436c<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"ITEM-22971-1\">L.F. Cheung, T. Chen, G.S. Kocheril, W. Chen, J. Czekner, and L. Wang, \"Observation of Four-Fold Boron\u2013Metal Bonds in RhB(BO&lt;sup&gt;\u2013&lt;\/sup&gt;) and RhB\", <i>The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters<\/i>, vol. 11, pp. 659-663, 2020. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1021\/acs.jpclett.9b03484\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1021\/acs.jpclett.9b03484<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"ITEM-22971-2\">A.J. Kalita, S.S. Rohman, C. Kashyap, S.S. Ullah, I. Baruah, L.J. Mazumder, P.P. Sahu, and A.K. Guha, \"Is a transition metal\u2013silicon quadruple bond viable?\", <i>Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics<\/i>, vol. 23, pp. 9660-9662, 2021. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1039\/d1cp00598g\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1039\/d1cp00598g<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<\/div> <!-- kcite-section 22971 -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Way back in 2010, I was writing about an experience I had just had during an organic chemistry tutorial, which morphed into speculation as to whether a carbon atom might sustain a quadruple bond to nitrogen. 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