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Three-spin system with a twist: A bis(semiquinonato)copper complex with a nonplanar configuration at the copper(II) center

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Angewandte Chemie, International Edition, 44 (14): 2103--2106 (2005)
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200462339

Abstract

Structural twisting by $\sim$32° between the semiquinoneiminecopper(II) entities in I caused by weak Cu-S interaction results in a different spin arrangement ($\uparrow$,$\downarrow$,$\uparrow$) than for a planar deriv. without the thioether group ($\uparrow$,$\uparrow$,$\downarrow$). Most revealingly, I has an EPR spectrum typical for a radical whereas the non-thioether analog is known to display a signal for a CuII center. Oxidn. state distributions for the I 2+,+,0,-,2- forms are assigned from UV/visible/NIR spectroelectrochem. on SciFinder(R)

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