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Chalcogen Bonding of Two Ligands to Hypervalent YF4 (Y=S, Se, Te, Po)
Phyical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • Wiktor Zierkiewicz, Wrocław University of Science and Technology
  • Rafal Wysokiński, Wrocław University of Science and Technology
  • Mariusz Michalczyk, Wrocław University of Science and Technology
  • Steve Scheiner, Utah State University
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-5-2019
Publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry
Abstract

The ability of two NH3 ligands to engage in simultaneous chalcogen bonds to a hypervalent YF4 molecule, with Y=S, Se, Te, Po, is assessed via quantum calculations. The complex can take on one of two different geometries. The cis structure places the two ligands adjacent to one another ina pseudo-octahedral geometry, held there by a pair of σ-hole chalcogen bonds. The bases can also lie nearly opposite one another, in a distorted octahedron containing one π-hole and one strained σ-hole bond. The cis geometry is favored for Y=S, while Te,and Po tend toward the trans structure; they are nearly equally stable for Se. In either case, the binding energy rises rapidly with the size of the Y atom, exceeding 30 kcal/mol for PoF4.

Citation Information
Zierkiewicz, W., Wysokiński, R., Michalczyk, M., Scheiner, S. I. (2019). Chalcogen bonding of two ligands to hypervalent YF4 (Y = S, Se, Te, Po). Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 21(37), 20829-20839. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C9CP04006D