Metal–metal and metal–ligand bonding in trinuclear vinylidene renium-iron-platinum complex studied by topological analysis of electron density
Aleksey Markovich Shor, Svetlana Sergeevna Laletina, Anatoly Iosifovich Rubaylo, Elena Aleksandrovna Ivanova-Shor
Abstract
Metal–metal and metal–ligand bonding in vinylidene ReFePt complex was studied by density functional method and topological analysis of electron density. Topological analysis did not found direct bonding between the metal atoms pointing to indirect metal–metal interaction mediated via the bridging vinylidene ligand. At the same time, the delocalization index δ(Fe,Pt) reveals the strong Fe–Pt interaction that allows for supposing a chemical bonding between these atoms.