{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Bajo S"],"funding":["European Research Council"],"pagination":["15519-15523"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC7756455"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["26(67)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Heavier group 14 element cations exhibit a remarkable reactivity that has typically hampered their isolation. For the few available examples, the role of π-arene interactions is crucial to provide kinetic stabilization, but dynamic and structural information on those contacts is yet limited. In this study we have accessed the metalogermylenium cation [(PMe<sub>2</sub> Ar<sup>Dipp2</sup> )AuGe(Ar<sup>Dipp2</sup> )Cl]<sup>+</sup> (4<sup>+</sup> ) (Ar<sup>Dipp2</sup> =C<sub>6</sub> H<sub>3</sub> -2,6-(C<sub>6</sub> H<sub>3</sub> -2,6-iPr<sub>2</sub> )<sub>2</sub> ) that has been structurally characterized with three different non-coordinating counter anions. These studies provide for the first time dynamic information about the conformational rearrangement that characterizes π-arene bonding thorough a series of X-ray diffraction structural snapshots. Computational studies reveal the weak character of the π-arene bonding (ca. 2 kcal mol<sup>-1</sup> ) that can be described as the donation from a π<sub>C=C</sub> bond toward the empty p valence orbital of germanium."],"journal":["Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)"],"pubmed_title":["Structural Snapshots of π-Arene Bonding in a Gold Germylene Cation."],"pmcid":["PMC7756455"],"funding_grant_id":["756575","ERC Starting Grant, CoopCat, Project 756575"],"pubmed_authors":["Lopez-Serrano J","Campos J","Alcaide MM","Bajo S"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Structural Snapshots of π-Arene Bonding in a Gold Germylene Cation.","description":"Heavier group 14 element cations exhibit a remarkable reactivity that has typically hampered their isolation. For the few available examples, the role of π-arene interactions is crucial to provide kinetic stabilization, but dynamic and structural information on those contacts is yet limited. In this study we have accessed the metalogermylenium cation [(PMe<sub>2</sub> Ar<sup>Dipp2</sup> )AuGe(Ar<sup>Dipp2</sup> )Cl]<sup>+</sup> (4<sup>+</sup> ) (Ar<sup>Dipp2</sup> =C<sub>6</sub> H<sub>3</sub> -2,6-(C<sub>6</sub> H<sub>3</sub> -2,6-iPr<sub>2</sub> )<sub>2</sub> ) that has been structurally characterized with three different non-coordinating counter anions. These studies provide for the first time dynamic information about the conformational rearrangement that characterizes π-arene bonding thorough a series of X-ray diffraction structural snapshots. Computational studies reveal the weak character of the π-arene bonding (ca. 2 kcal mol<sup>-1</sup> ) that can be described as the donation from a π<sub>C=C</sub> bond toward the empty p valence orbital of germanium.","dates":{"release":"2020-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2020 Dec","modification":"2024-02-15T22:57:51.215Z","creation":"2021-02-20T16:51:34Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC7756455","cross_references":{"pubmed":["33058332"],"doi":["10.1002/chem.202004566"]}}