13C or Not 13C: selective synthesis of asymmetric carbon-13-labeled platinum(II) cis-acetylides.
Abstract
Asymmetric isotopic labeling of parallel and identical electron- or energy-transfer pathways in symmetrical molecular assemblies is an extremely challenging task owing to the inherent lack of isotopic selectivity in conventional synthetic methods. Yet, it would be a highly valuable tool in the study and control of complex light-matter interactions in molecular systems by exclusively and nonintrusively labeling one of otherwise identical reaction pathways, potentially directing charge and energy transport along a chosen path. Here we describe the first selective synthetic route to asymmetrically labeled organometallic compounds, on the example of charge-transfer platinum(II) cis-acetylide complexes. We demonstrate the selective 13C labeling of one of two acetylide groups. We further show that such isotopic labeling successfully decouples the two ν(C≡C) in the mid-IR region, permitting independent spectroscopic monitoring of two otherwise identical electron-transfer pathways, along the 12C≡12C and 13C≡13C coordinates. Quantum-mechanical mixing leads to intriguing complex features in the vibrational spectra of such species, which we successfully model by full-dimensional anharmonically corrected DFT calculations, despite the large size of these systems. The synthetic route developed and demonstrated herein should lead to a great diversity of asymmetric organometallic complexes inaccessible otherwise, opening up a plethora of opportunities to advance the fundamental understanding and control of light-matter interactions in molecular systems.Citation
Archer, S. A. et al. (2016) ‘13C or Not 13C: selective synthesis of asymmetric carbon-13-labeled platinum(II) cis-acetylides’, Inorganic Chemistry, 55 (17), pp. 8251-8253. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b01287Publisher
American Chemical SocietyJournal
Inorganic ChemistryDOI
10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b01287Additional Links
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b01287Type
ArticleLanguage
enISSN
0020-1669EISSN
1520-510Xae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b01287