Abstract
The electron-transfer capacity of mol. rectangle ions [PtII4(PEt3)8(m-anth2-)2(m-L)2]4+ with anth2- = anthracene-1,8-diyl and L = 4,4'-bipyridine (bp) or 1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethene (bpe) was studied in acetonitrile and dichloromethane using cyclic voltammetry, EPR, and UV-visible-near-IR spectroelectrochem. The compds. can be reversibly reduced, 1st in a two-electron process and then via two closely sepd. 1-electron steps. Oxidn. was also possible at rather low potentials in a reversible two-electron step, followed by an electrochem. irreversible process. The spectroscopic results indicate redn. at the neutral acceptor ligands L and oxidn. at the formally dianionic anthracene clips. In contrast, the prototypical mol. square [Pt(triphos)(μ-bp)]48+ undergoes only irreversible redn. [on SciFinder(R)]
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