Abstract
Treatment of azophenine (ap) with Cu(PPh3)4BF4 gave Cu(PPh3)2(ap)BF4 (I). I.3Me2CO is monoclinic, space group P21/c, Z = 4, R = 0.070, Rw = 0.194. The 4-coordinate Cu(I) center is bound in a chelate manner by 2 o-quinonediimine N-donor centers. There has been an isomerization from the usually more stable p-quinonediimine state the higher energy o-quinonediimine form in the formation of the complex. This situation results in the occurrence of a metal-to-ligand charge transfer absorption of the complex at 525 nm; the long-wavelength intraquinone transition at 390 nm to shifted to 395 nm in the complex. on SciFinder(R)
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