Bonding Analysis of Square-Antiprismatic and Fused Square-Antiprismatic Copper(I)-Selenium Clusters

dc.contributor.authorZouchoune, Bachir
dc.contributor.authorFransois Halet, Jean
dc.contributor.authorYves Saillard, Jean
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-27T02:24:12Z
dc.date.available2022-04-27T02:24:12Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.description.abstractThe electronic structure of the Cu2(4n+2)Se4n+2(PH3)8 (n = 1–4) D4h series of model clusters has been analyzed by means of density functional theory calculations. The fused square antiprismatic structure of the metal framework is found to be always preferred over the fused cuboctahedral one because it reinforces the Cu-P bonds. Thus, the presence of the terminal phosphine ligands tends to strengthen the Cu…Cu (d10… d10) bonding by mixing bonding combinations of the vacant Cu 4s and 4p orbitals into the occupied 3d combinations. The calculations indicate that the compounds corresponding to n = 3 and 4 should be easily two-electron-reduced, leading to stable dianionic speciear
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/12928
dc.language.isoenar
dc.publisherJournal of Cluster Sciencear
dc.subjectDensity functional theoryar
dc.subjectcopper(I)-selenium clustersar
dc.titleBonding Analysis of Square-Antiprismatic and Fused Square-Antiprismatic Copper(I)-Selenium Clustersar
dc.typeArticlear
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
Bonding-Analysis-of-Square-Antiprismatic.pdf
Size:
320.31 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.71 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description: