Hexa-coordinated copper(II)-thiolates—II. Synthesis and characterization of a copper(II) complex with a reversible oxidative response
作者:S. Mandal、R. Shukla、P.K. Bharadwaj
DOI:10.1016/s0277-5387(00)83732-8
日期:——
Two air-stable copper(II) complexes of homoleptic hexadentate ligands with the N2S2*S2 (S* = thioether, S = thiolate) donor set have been isolated. These complexes are dark blue in colour owing to the presence of a strong absorption peak around 600 nm, attributable to the sigma(thiolate) --> copper(II) LMCT transition. In acetonitrile, one complex provides the first example for a copper(II)-thiolate complex of a reversible cyclic voltammogram with E1/2 = 0.50 V (vs SCE). This reversible response is attributable to the oxidation of the complex. Controlled experiments to explore possible ligand oxidations indicate that the reversible response is possibly metal-centred. Exhaustive, controlled potential coulometry experiments at 0.7 V at room temperature give n = 1.02 e-, signifying the cyclic response is a one-electron process. The other complex gives a quasi-reversible cyclic voltammogram with E1/2 = 0.54 V (vs SCE).