{"title":"Chiral Templating in a Hybrid Chromium Chloride Hydrate.","authors":"Joseph T Race, Cierra Foster, Patrick M Woodward","doi":"10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c02009","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The synthesis and characterization of three new hybrid metal halide hydrates in which <i>mer</i>-[Cr<sup>III</sup>Cl<sub>3</sub>(H<sub>2</sub>O)<sub>3</sub>]<sup>0</sup> cocrystallizes alongside α-methylbenzylammonium chloride are described. The enantiomorphic crystals, ((<i>R</i>)-(+)-α-methylbenzylammonium)<sub>2</sub>(<i>mer</i>-[CrCl<sub>3</sub>(H<sub>2</sub>O)<sub>3</sub>])Cl<sub>2</sub> ((<i>R</i>)-<b>1</b>) and ((<i>S</i>)-(-)-α-methylbenzylammonium)<sub>2</sub>(<i>mer</i>-[CrCl<sub>3</sub>(H<sub>2</sub>O)<sub>3</sub>])Cl<sub>2</sub> ((<i>S</i>)-<b>1</b>), have <i>C</i>222<sub>1</sub> space group symmetry and show mirrored circular dichroism signals. The racemate, (<i>rac</i>-α-methylbenzylammonium)<sub>2</sub>(<i>mer</i>-[CrCl<sub>3</sub>(H<sub>2</sub>O)<sub>3</sub>])Cl<sub>2</sub> ((<i>rac</i>)-<b>1</b>), adopts a polar structure with <i>Cm</i> space group symmetry in which enantiomers are related by mirror planes within organic bilayers. Alongside detailed crystallography and magnetism of each compound, the optical properties of the <i>mer</i>-[Cr<sup>III</sup>Cl<sub>3</sub>(H<sub>2</sub>O)<sub>3</sub>]<sup>0</sup> unit are revisited. Understanding the intermolecular forces that stabilize each of these crystal structures lends insights into crystal engineering methodologies for stabilizing noncentrosymmetric hybrid metal halides.</p>","PeriodicalId":40,"journal":{"name":"Inorganic Chemistry","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.3000,"publicationDate":"2024-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Inorganic Chemistry","FirstCategoryId":"92","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c02009","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2024/7/4 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, INORGANIC & NUCLEAR","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The synthesis and characterization of three new hybrid metal halide hydrates in which mer-[CrIIICl3(H2O)3]0 cocrystallizes alongside α-methylbenzylammonium chloride are described. The enantiomorphic crystals, ((R)-(+)-α-methylbenzylammonium)2(mer-[CrCl3(H2O)3])Cl2 ((R)-1) and ((S)-(-)-α-methylbenzylammonium)2(mer-[CrCl3(H2O)3])Cl2 ((S)-1), have C2221 space group symmetry and show mirrored circular dichroism signals. The racemate, (rac-α-methylbenzylammonium)2(mer-[CrCl3(H2O)3])Cl2 ((rac)-1), adopts a polar structure with Cm space group symmetry in which enantiomers are related by mirror planes within organic bilayers. Alongside detailed crystallography and magnetism of each compound, the optical properties of the mer-[CrIIICl3(H2O)3]0 unit are revisited. Understanding the intermolecular forces that stabilize each of these crystal structures lends insights into crystal engineering methodologies for stabilizing noncentrosymmetric hybrid metal halides.
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Inorganic Chemistry publishes fundamental studies in all phases of inorganic chemistry. Coverage includes experimental and theoretical reports on quantitative studies of structure and thermodynamics, kinetics, mechanisms of inorganic reactions, bioinorganic chemistry, and relevant aspects of organometallic chemistry, solid-state phenomena, and chemical bonding theory. Emphasis is placed on the synthesis, structure, thermodynamics, reactivity, spectroscopy, and bonding properties of significant new and known compounds.