“Superatomic” molecules and ions are fascinating species in which polyatomic clusters exhibit properties generally associated with single atoms. One of these such metal clusters, [Pt@Pb12]2-, has drawn the attention of Boris Le Guennic at Université...
Relativistic effects usually scale with the square of the atomic number, thereby really affecting the chemical structure and reactivity of heavy elements. If a light atom is interacting with a heavy atom, however, it can...
To pin down the nature of the β-agostic bond in late transition metal complexes, Scherer (Augsburg) and coworkers synthesized [(DCpH)Ni(dtbpe)]+[BF4]– (DCp = dicyclopentadiene, dtbpe = tBu2PCH2CH2PtBu2), a rigid β-agostic complex. In a combined experimental and...
With the DFT transition state approximation (DFT-TS) researchers from Trieste have calculated the fine structure near the K absorption edge of C and N atoms in free (H2), Cu, and Ni phthalocyanines (Pc). When core...
In a recent study researchers Drs. Monakhov and Gourlaouen (University of Strasbourg) investigated fundamental bonding and electronic structure aspects of heteroelemental (R2E)3Bi2 bicyclo(1.1.1)pentane complexes (E = C, Si, Ge, Sn, Pb; R = H) and...
Metal-metal interactions in paramagnetic, multinuclear transition metal complexes are critical to the reactivity of metalloproteins, and understanding them is important in the development of functional metal-containing polymers. Particularly, the bonding and spectroscopic properties of the...
For the first time a bimetallic cluster with a noble metal and a first-row transition metal has been synthesized. The nanocluster was characterized by a joint experimental (ESI-MS) and theoretical (DFT) study. DFT calculations identified...