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Analysis of the Aromaticity of Five-Membered Heterometallacycles Containing Os, Ru, Rh, and Ir
journal contribution
posted on 2014-04-14, 00:00 authored by Rafael Islas, Jordi Poater, Miquel SolàWe study the molecular structure
and aromaticity in a series of
experimental and new in silico designed five-membered heterometallacycles
with general formula M(XC3H3)(PH3)2, where M = OsH3, OsCl3, OsCl2, RuCl2, RhCl2 or IrCl2 and
X = NH, O, S, CH–, or CH+. The electron
delocalization of the five-membered rings in these complexes is analyzed
using the induced magnetic field, NICS, and MCI descriptors of aromaticity.
Our results indicate that the five-membered rings in all complexes
with X = NH, O, S, and CH– have a low aromatic character
denoted by nonintense diatropic behavior and low MCI values. Five-membered
rings in complexes with X = CH+ are clearly paratropic
and antiaromatic according to MCI values with the exception of M =
OsCl3. The reason for this exception is discussed.