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A Ligand-Bridged Heterotetranuclear (Fe2Cu2) Redox System with Fc/Fc+ and Radical Ion Intermediates

, , , , and . Organometallics, 32 (20): 5879--5886 (2013)
DOI: 10.1021/om400466u

Abstract

The redox pair (m-abcp)Cu(dppf)22+/+ (abcp = 2,2'-azobis(5-chloropyrimidine) and dppf = 1,1'-bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene) was structurally characterized to reveal the lengthening of the NN and shortening of the CNazo bonds on redn., each by $\sim$0.04 \AA. These and other charge forms, (m-abcp)Cu(dppf)2n+ (n = 0, 3+, 4+), were studied spectroelectrochem. (UV-visible-near-IR, EPR) to reveal an abcp-based 2nd redn. and a stepwise ferrocene-centered oxidn. of the 2+ precursor. In contrast to the small but detectable comproportionation const. of Kc = 17 for the Fc/Fc+ mixed-valence (3+) charge state, the monocationic radical complex exhibits a very large Kc value of 1016. on SciFinder(R)

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