Charge transfer effects on the paramagnetic properties of the [M(C8H8)2] and M(C5H5)(C8H8); M = Ti, Zr, Hf and Th, complexes
摘要
A systematic study of a series of (19e) [M(COT)2]n, (n = 鈭? for Th and n = +1 for Ti, Zr, Hf) and (17e) MCpCOT, where Cp and COT represent cyclopentadienyl [C5H5]鈭?/sup> and cyclooctatetraene [C8H8]鈭?, respectively, has been performed using relativistic density functional theory with the two components ZORA Hamiltonian for the inclusion of scalar and spin-orbit effects. The EPR parameters were obtained as second order properties employing the EPR/NMR algorithms with an inclusion of spin-orbit coupling. The obtained g tensor values are in good agreement with the experimental results and the calculations reveals that each ground state in all systems are nonbonding and of mostly of character. There is a low spin density at protons site resulting from a direct delocalization of the unpaired electron spin on the 1s orbitals.