New rhenium-tricarbonyl complexes bearing halogen-substituted bidentate ligands: Structural, computational and Hirshfeld surfaces studies

Reza Kia, Soheil Mahmoudi, Paul Raithby

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A series of ten rhenium tricarbonyl complexes (C1-C10), bearing halogen-substituted bidentate N,N-donor ligands with halogens or trifluoromethyl groups (X = –F, –Cl, –Br, and –CF3) in different positions on the aromatic rings were synthesized and characterized by FT-IR and 1H-NMR spectroscopy and their solid-state structures were determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction. The resultant complexes Re(CO)3(N,N)X display an octahedral coordination geometry around the central Re atom, and in all the complexes the Re(CO)3 unit adopts a fac geometry. The metal-bound halogen atoms along with the halogen-substituted ligands were used to fine-tune the electron density of the halogen σ-hole on the coordinated halide that is involved in halogen-halogen and other intermolecular interactions. This series of compounds was used to explore the range of possible intermolecular involving rhenium coordinated halides. These supramolecular interactions include: (i) halogen bonding through metal-bound halogen with carbon-bound halogen (Re–X…X–C) (ii) halogen bonding through carbon-bound halogen with carbon-bound halogen (C–X…X–C) (iii) dipolar interactions through carbonyl-carbonyl (CO…CO) (iv) C–H…X hydrogen bonding interactions (v) C–H…O hydrogen bonding interactions (vi) halogen (X)…heteroatom (N, O) interactions and (vii) metal-bond carbonyl lone pair with aromatic π-ring interaction, Re–CO(lone pair)…π (aromatic ring). In each case the molecular electrostatic potential and non-covalent interaction index were calculated. Crystal packing analyses using Hirshfeld surface calculation confirmed that metal-bound halogen is more effective than carbon-bound halogen in the formation of intermolecular interactions. Complexes C8 and C10 featured interesting intramolecular Re–CO(lone pair)…π interactions, the presence of which were confirmed by molecular orbital and non-covalent interaction index (NCI) calculations.
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Early online date4 Dec 2018
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New rhenium-tricarbonyl complexes bearing halogen-substituted bidentate ligands: Structural, computational and Hirshfeld surfaces studies. / Kia, Reza; Mahmoudi, Soheil; Raithby, Paul.

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Kia, R, Mahmoudi, S & Raithby, P 2018, 'New rhenium-tricarbonyl complexes bearing halogen-substituted bidentate ligands: Structural, computational and Hirshfeld surfaces studies', CrystEngComm. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8CE01860J
Kia R, Mahmoudi S, Raithby P. New rhenium-tricarbonyl complexes bearing halogen-substituted bidentate ligands: Structural, computational and Hirshfeld surfaces studies. CrystEngComm. 2018 Dec 4. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8CE01860J
Kia, Reza ; Mahmoudi, Soheil ; Raithby, Paul. / New rhenium-tricarbonyl complexes bearing halogen-substituted bidentate ligands: Structural, computational and Hirshfeld surfaces studies. In: CrystEngComm. 2018.
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