Computational Studies of Structures and Properties of Metallaboranes. Part 3: Protonated Iron Bis(dicarbollide), [3-Fe-(1,2-C2B9H11)2H]-
文摘
On the basis of the energies and 11B NMR chemical shifts computed at the BP86/AE1(*) and GIAO-B3LYP/II'levels of density functional theory, respectively, the structure of the long-known protonated iron(II) bis(dicarbollide)can be assigned to a staggered isomer with a cisoid conformation of the carborane ligands. In the unprotonatedspecies, in contrast, these ligands adopt the usual trans orientation, suggesting that suitable control of protonation/deprotonation equilibria could induce rotary motion at the molecular level.