Abstract

This chapter summarizes the experimentally reported structures of hydrated and solvated metal ions in solution and the solid state. The oxygen donor solvents dimethylsulfoxide, N,N-dimethylformamide, and N,N′-dimethylpropyleneurea and the nitrogen donor solvents acetonitrile and liquid ammonia have been selected because a relatively large number of solvate structures, in both the solid state and solution, have been reported. Their bonding characteristics are fairly different and can therefore act as models for a wide range of solvents. N,N′-Dimethylpropyleneurea is selected as it is space-demanding upon coordination forcing many metal ions to adopt lower coordination numbers than for most oxygen donor solvents. The physico-chemical impact of a lower coordination number with low symmetry is discussed. Liquid ammonia is representative for solvents with a strong electron-pair donor ability, and the impact on the coordination chemistry is discussed.

Published in

Coordination Chemistry Fundamentals
2023, number: 2, pages: 120-139
Title: Metal Ions and Complexes in Solution
ISBN: 978-1-83916-809-3, eISBN: 978-1-83916-960-1
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry

SLU Authors

• Persson, Ingmar

  • Department of Molecular Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

UKÄ Subject classification

Inorganic Chemistry


Publication identifier

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/BK9781839169601-00120

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