Abstract
The rhenium(I) compds. (N$\cap$N)Re(CO)3(MQ)(PF6)2 (N$\cap$N = 2,2'-bipyridine (bpy), 2,2'-bipyrimidine (bpym), 3,3'-bipyridazine (bpdz), or 1,4,7,10-tetraazaphenanthrene (tap) and MQ+ = N-methyl-4,4'-bipyridinium) undergo four 1-electron redn. steps which could be analyzed using cyclic voltammetry, EPR, IR, and UV/visible spectroelectrochem. Due to the rather low-lying p* orbital of tap, the corresponding compd. shows electron uptake by N$\cap$N each time before MQ+ is reduced. The opposite is obsd. for the complexes of the other chelate ligands N$\cap$N, however, and the p*(N$\cap$N) orbital approaches the p*(MQ+) level in the order bpy \textless bpym \textless bpdz. Remarkably, the redn. processes of MQ+ and bpdz in (bpdz)Re(CO)3(MQ)(PF6)2 are sepd. by only 74 mV as deduced from IR spectroelectrochem. anal. On redn. of the related compd. (bpy)Re(CO)3(mpz)(PF6)2 (mpz+ = N-methylpyrazinium), the 1st two electrons are added to the axial ligand which has a lower-lying p* orbital than MQ+ and cannot undergo intramol. twisting. on SciFinder(R)
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