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Abstract

The structures of hexaammine solvated indium(III) and thallium(III) ions in liquid ammonia solution are determined by EXAFS. Both complexes have regular octahedral coordination geometry with mean In-N and Tl-N bond distances of 2.23(1) and 2.29(2) & Aring;, respectively. Ammine solvated thallium(III) in liquid ammonia is characterized with 205Tl NMR measurements. Solvents such as liquid ammonia, N,N-dimethylthioformamide (DMTF), trialkyl and triphenyl phosphite and phosphine are strong electron pair donors and thereby able to form bonds with a large covalent contribution with strong electron pair acceptors. A survey of reported structures of ammine, DMTF, trialkyl and triphenyl phosphite and phosphine solvated metal ions in the solid state and solution is presented. The M-N and M-S bond distances in ammine and DMTF solvated metal ions are compared with the M-O bond distance in the corresponding metal ion hydrates, expected to form mainly electrostatic interactions with metal ions. The d10 metal ions have high ability to form bonds with a high degree of covalency with increasing ability down the group and with decreasing charge of the metal ion. The difference in M-N and M-O bond distances between ammine solvated and hydrated metal ions with the same coordination geometry decreases significantly with the increasing ability of the metal ion to form bonds with a large covalent contribution. This difference correlates well with the covalent bonding index, gamma M2*r.

Keywords

soft donor solvents; metal ion solvates; coordination chemistry; covalent bonding estimate; liquid ammonia

Published in

Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
2025, volume: 30, number: 15, article number: 3063
Publisher: MDPI

SLU Authors

UKÄ Subject classification

Inorganic Chemistry

Publication identifier

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules30153063

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/143474