Abstract
(μ-Bpym)Cu(AsPh3)22(BF4)2 (1) was prepd. and studied in comparison with the triphenylphosphine analog (2). Qual., the structure of 1 with characteristically distorted copper(I) coordination caused by Ph/bpym/Ph sandwich interactions is similar to that of 2 and is approx. reproduced by DFT calcns. for the model complex ions (μ-bpym)Cu(EMe2Ph)222+, E = P or As. In contrast, the dinuclear (μ-bpym)Cu(P(3-Me-C6H4)3)22(BF4)2 (3) displays a distinctly less distorted metal coordination geometry due to the steric requirements of the Me groups in the meta-tolyl substituents. The electrochem. redn. of 1 is less reversible than for the phosphine analogs; the 1-electron-reduced form 1.bul.- exhibits a broad, unresolved EPR signal at g = 2.0023. Resonance Raman spectroscopy of 1 shows the typical vibrations of the bpym ligand in agreement with the MLCT assignment of the long-wavelength transitions \textless500 nm. All three dinuclear complexes exhibit luminescence at room temp. in the solid and in soln. on SciFinder(R)
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