Fluoridonitrosyl Complexes of Technetium(I) and Technetium(II). Synthesis, Characterization, Reactions, and DFT Calculations

A mixture of [Tc­(NO)­F₅]^2– and [Tc­(NO)­(NH₃)₄F]⁺ is formed during the reaction of pertechnetate with acetohydroxamic acid (Haha) in aqueous HF. The blue pentafluoridonitrosyltechnetate­(II) has been isolated in crystalline form as potassium and rubidium salts, while the orange-red ammine complex crystallizes as bifluoride or PF₆^– salts. Reactions of [Tc­(NO)­F₅]^2– salts with HCl give the corresponding [Tc­(NO)­Cl_4/5]^−/2– complexes, while reflux in neat pyridine (py) results in the formation of the technetium­(I) cation [Tc­(NO)­(py)₄F]⁺, which can be crystallized as hexafluoridophosphate. The same compound can be synthesized directly from pertechnetate, Haha, HF, and py or by a ligand-exchange procedure starting from [Tc­(NO)­(NH₃)₄F]­(HF₂). The technetium­(I) cation [Tc­(NO)­(NH₃)₄F]⁺ can be oxidized electrochemically or by the reaction with Ce­(SO₄)₂ to give the corresponding Tc­(II) compound [Tc­(NO)­(NH₃)₄F]²⁺. The fluorido ligand in [Tc­(NO)­(NH₃)₄F]⁺ can be replaced by CF₃COO^–, leaving the “[Tc­(NO)­(NH₃)₄]²⁺ core” untouched. The experimental results are confirmed by density functional theory calculations on [Tc­(NO)­F₅]^2–, [Tc­(NO)­(py)₄F]⁺, [Tc­(NO)­(NH₃)₄F]⁺, and [Tc­(NO)­(NH₃)₄F]²⁺

Single-Site VO_<i>x</i> Moieties Generated on Silica by Surface Organometallic Chemistry: A Way To Enhance the Catalytic Activity in the Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Propane

We report here an accurate surface organometallic chemistry (SOMC) approach to propane oxidative dehydrogenation (ODH) using a μ²-oxo-bridged, bimetallic [V₂O₄(<i>acac</i>)₂] (<b>1</b>) (<i>acac</i> = acetylacetonate anion) complex as a precursor. The identity and the nuclearity of the product of grafting and of the subsequent oxidative treatment have been systematically studied by means of FT-IR, Raman, solid-state (SS) NMR, UV–vis DRS, EPR and EXAFS spectroscopies. We show that the grafting of <b>1</b> on the silica surface under a rigorous SOMC protocol and the subsequent oxidative thermal treatment lead exclusively to well-defined and isolated monovanadate species. The resulting material has been tested for the oxidative dehydrogenation of propane in a moderate temperature range (400–525 °C) and compared with that of silica-supported vanadium catalysts prepared by the standard impregnation technique. The experimental results show that the catalytic activity in propane ODH is strongly upgraded by the degree of isolation of the VO_<i>x</i> species that can be achieved by employing the SOMC protocol