摘要:
Two crystals of 1,1';17,17'-di[phthalocyaninato(2-)] niobium(V) with the composition of [NbPc2]IBr2 (1) and [NbPc2]IBr2.I-2 (2) where Pc = C32H16N8 were grown directly in the reaction of niobium powder with 1,2-dicyanobenzene under a stream of IBr at about 175 degreesC. An X-ray single-crystal investigations of both crystals indicated sandwich-type structures that are 'stapled' by two inter phthalocyaninato C-C sigma-bonds. The anionic part of these complexes was additionally detected by Raman spectroscopy. Magnetic susceptibility and EPR measurements performed on solid state samples indicate a metal-centered monoelectronic oxidation Nb(IV) (with d(1) configuration) --> Nb(V) (with d(0) configuration). An absence of the Q band in the UV-Vis spectrum, the typical band for the fully delocalised pi-electron aromatic phthalocyaninato(2-) ring system, indicates on the dramatic modification of the chromophore of both complexes, as confirmed by X-ray analysis. Room temperature conductivity measurements performed on several solid samples of 1 and 2 give for both complexes a similar value of 2.5-3.8 x 10(-5) Omega(-1) cm(-1). Both crystals are stable in air, but in solution, especially in hot DMSO, both complexes transform into a paramagnetic Nb(IV)Pc-2 complex (d(1) configuration of the central ion). (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.