Abstract
Complexes of 2,5-bis(1-phenyliminoethyl)pyrazine (bpip), a sym. bis(bidentate) ligand which acts through two different chelate donor centers, one imine and one azine N atom per metal chelate site, have readily been obtained with Cr(CO)4, Mo(CO)4, W(CO)4, Mn(CO)3Cl, Re(CO)3Cl, Ru(bpy)22+ and Cu(PPh3)2+ fragments. The 'free' ligand and the dinuclear Cu(PPh3)22(m-bpip)BF42 were characterized crystallog. The low-energy mol. conformation of free bpip is qual. different from the planar syn/trans/syn arrangement required in the bpip-bridged dicopper(I) compd. (Cu···Cu distance 6.944 \AA). Structural preferences and the p acceptor properties of the conjugated bridging ligand bpip were studied using DFT calcns. of the bpip0/-/2- chromophore and combined electrochem. and spectroscopic methods; bpip is a stronger p acceptor than the related 2,5-bis(2-pyridyl)pyrazine but a poorer mediator of metal-metal interaction. on SciFinder(R)
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