Abstract
Calcd. (MNDO, AM1) and exptl. results from electrochem. and EPR/ENDOR spectroscopy are reported for diquaternized heterocyclic systems I2+/.bul.+/0, II2+/.bul.+/0, and III2+/.bul.+/0, which exhibit simultaneously features of the methylviologen two-step redox system and an a-diimine chelate site for metal coordination. While metal-free species IIn+ and IIIn+ could not be synthesized as pure compds., the diazamethylviologen system In+, a hybrid structure between MVn+ and 2,2'-bipyridine, was studied esp. as the radical cation intermediate (n = 1) in the presence of potentially coordinating electrophiles such as Zn2+, Cu+, Inn+, Tl+, Mo(CO)4, [Re(CO)3(PPh3)]+ or [Ru(bpy)2]2+. The different character of the metal centers in terms of charge, ligand preference and the ability to back-donate electrons into the singly occupied p* orbital of the cationic radical ligand det. the variable extent of ion-pair assocn. via EPR/ENDOR-detectable spin transfer. System IIn+, which can be described as a 3,3'-coupled N-methylpyrazinium dimer, could be isolated only in coordinated form, bound to [Ru(bpy)2]2+ or Re(CO)3Cl, both complexes showing a rather irreversible second redn. due to the nonclassical (non-Kekule) electronic structure as predicted from the calcns. for II0 and III0. [on SciFinder(R)]
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