Orbital energy mismatch engenders high-spin ground states in heterobimetallic complexes
Abstract
We report a series of high spin bimetallic transition metal–tin complexes. The unusual high spin configuration in a bimetallic complex is enabled by an energetic mismatch in the orbital energies, leading to lanthanide-like nonbonding interactions.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2020
- Source ID
- 10.1039/d0sc03777j
Entities
People
- Alison B Altman
- Bess Vlaisavljevich
- Brian A. Finney
- Danna E. Freedman
- E. Ercan Alp
- Michael Y. Hu
- Ryan A Klein
- Scott C. Coste
- Tyler J Pearson
Organizations
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund
- Argonne National Laboratory
- Canadian Light Source
- National Science Foundation
- Northwestern University
- United States Army
- United States Department of Energy
- University of South Dakota
- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry