Project Details
Projekt
Combined Quantum Chemical and Experimental Study on Metal-Metal Interactions in Heavy Group15 and Group16 Compounds
Subject Area
Theoretical Chemistry: Electronic Structure, Dynamics, Simulation
Inorganic Molecular Chemistry - Synthesis and Characterisation
Inorganic Molecular Chemistry - Synthesis and Characterisation
Term
from 2015 to 2021
Project identifier
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 271447061
In this project we investigate the role of dispersion interactions in chemical compounds of the atoms Sb, Bi, and Te, combining synthesis of corresponding compounds with quantum chemical calculations and structural characterization via X-ray crystallography. In the first funding period of the project dispersion-dominated non-covalent interactions between these atoms and with pi systems of arenes were found to be decisive for the formation of crystal structures of their compounds. They also significantly contribute to the stabilization of conformers of molecules containing several non-covalently linked heavy group 15/16 metal atoms and may cause, for example bond angles below 90 degree. In the second funding period the influence of electron-donating and -withdrawing ligands of the metal atoms comes into focus. Their effects on the one hand shall be predicted with the help of quantum chemical calculations, where intermolecular perturbation theory with its possibility of quantitative computation of dispersion and further interactions will play an important role. On the other hand we will synthesize and structurally characterize promising candidates with particularly strong interactions. Furthermore we will synthesize homo and hetero bimetallic complexes with rigid aromatic ligands, which allow for a tuning of the distance between the metal atoms. Its consequences on intra- and intermolecular interactions shall be understood through structural characterization and quantum chemical calculation. An improved understanding of the anisotropy of the combination of attractive dispersion and repulsive steric forces shall be achieved through intermolecular perturbation theory calculations of the interactions of chemical compounds containing group 15 and 16 metal atoms with test particles, utilizing the results for qualitative predictions of the structures of molecules and molecular aggregates.
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