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Tetrahedral molecular geometry

About: Tetrahedral molecular geometry is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 1795 publications have been published within this topic receiving 30706 citations.


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TL;DR: In this article, a deformed harmonic oscillator was used to describe both the stretching and bending vibrational spectrum of a tetrahedral molecule, and the model provided a seven-parameter fit to the published experimental V2V spectrum of methane with a root-mean-square energy deviation 10.12 cm(-1).

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TL;DR: The series of compounds (o-CH3SC6H4)CH2EPh3 (E = Si (1), Ge (2), Sn (3), and Pb (4)) have been synthesized and characterized by NMR spectroscopy and by single crystal X-ray diffraction as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: The series of compounds (o-CH3SC6H4)CH2EPh3 (E = Si (1), Ge (2), Sn (3), and Pb (4)) have been synthesized and characterized by NMR spectroscopy and by single crystal X-ray diffraction. Compounds 1 and 2 are isostructural with a triclinic crystal system and P-1 space group; however, morphotropic steps occur between Ge and Sn, and Sn and Pb. While the E-S distances in 1 and 2 are 3.985 and 3.974 A, respectively, ~100% of the sum of the respective van der Waals (vdW) radii, there is a notable distortion from tetrahedral geometry about E. Compound 3 is also triclinic with P-1 symmetry, but has two molecules in the unit cell that demonstrate a distorted tetrahedral geometry and intramolecular Sn-S distances of 3.699 and 3.829 A, 88% and 91% of the sum of the vdW radii. Compound 4 has a Pb-S distance of 3.953 A (91% of Σ vdW radii). The structure of the Grignard coupling product [o-(SCH3)C6H4CH2]2 is also reported.Key words: intramolecular self-assembly, silicon, germanium, tin, lead, sulfur.

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TL;DR: The results indicated that complex 3 can be efficiently utilized as a heterogeneous bifunctional catalyst for the Knoevenagel condensation and multicomponent reactions to develop biologically important organic molecules.
Abstract: Five novel zinc(II) and cadmium(II) β-oxodithioester complexes, [Zn(L1)2] (1), [Zn(L2)2]n (2), [Zn(L3)2]n (3) [Cd(L1)2]n (4), [Cd(L2)2]n (5), with β-oxodithioester ligands, where L1 = 3-(methylthio)-1-(thiophen-2-yl)-3-thioxoprop-1-en-1-olate, L2 = 3-(methylthio)-1-(pyridin-3-yl)-3-thioxoprop-1-en-1-olate, and L3 = 3-(methylthio)-1-(pyridin-4-yl)-3-thioxoprop-1-en-1-olate, were synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, IR, UV-vis, and NMR spectroscopy (1H and 13C{1H}). The solid-state structures of all complexes were ascertained by single-crystal X-ray crystallography. The β-oxodithioester ligands are bonded to Zn(II)/Cd(II) metal ions in an O∧S and N chelating/chelating-bridging fashion leading to the formation of 1D (in 2-4) and 2D (in 5) coordination polymeric structures, but complex 1 was obtained as a discrete tetrahedral molecule. Complex 4 crystallizes in the C2 chiral space group and has been studied using circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy. The multidimensional assemblies in these complexes are stabilized by many important noncovalent C-H···π (ZnOSC3, chelate), π···π, C-H···π, and H···H interactions. The catalytic activities of 1-5 in reactions involving C-C and C-O bond formation have been studied, and the results indicated that complex 3 can be efficiently utilized as a heterogeneous bifunctional catalyst for the Knoevenagel condensation and multicomponent reactions to develop biologically important organic molecules. The luminescent properties of complexes were also studied. Interestingly, zinc complexes 1-3 showed strong lumniscent emission in the solid state, whereas cadmium complexes 4 and 5 exhibited bright luminescent emission in the solution phase. The semiconducting behavior of the complexes was studied by solid-state diffuse reflectance spectra (DRS), which showed optical band gaps in the range of 2.49-2.62 eV.

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TL;DR: In this paper, the pincer ligands of diorganotin(IV) compounds (L1,2)2SnCl2, where L1, 2 are O,C,O-chelating ligands, have been synthesized and characterized by 1H, 13C and 119Sn NMR spectroscopy, MS-ESI spectrometry and elemental analysis.

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TL;DR: Electronic structure calculations at the MP2 level varying all bond lengths and angles converge to nearly linear and tetrahedral molecules, respectively, and predict frequencies for these new product molecules and mixed isotopic substituted molecules of lower symmetry that are in excellent agreement with observed values, which confirms the identification of these hafnium hydroxide molecules.
Abstract: Laser-ablated Hf atoms react with H2O2 and with H2 + O2 mixtures in solid argon to form the Hf(OH)2 and Hf(OH)4 molecules, which are identified from the effect of isotopic substitution on the matrix infrared spectra. Electronic structure calculations at the MP2 level varying all bond lengths and angles converge to nearly linear and tetrahedral molecules, respectively, and predict frequencies for these new product molecules and mixed isotopic substituted molecules of lower symmetry that are in excellent agreement with observed values, which confirms the identification of these hafnium hydroxide molecules. This work provides the first evidence for a metal tetrahydroxide molecule and shows that the metal atom reaction with H2O2 in excess argon can be used to form pure metal tetrahydroxide molecules, which are not stable in the solid state.

15 citations


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202240
202143
202039
201939
201847