名称:
Orbital Symmetry Control of Electronic Coupling in a Symmetrical, All-Carbon-Bridged “Mixed Valence” Compound: Synthesis, Spectroscopy, and Electronic Structure of [{Mo(dppe)(η-C7H7)}2(μ-C4)]n+(n= 0, 1, or 2)
摘要:
The cycloheptatrienyl molybdenum alkynyl complex [Mo(C CH)(dppe)(eta-C7H7)], 1 (dppe = Ph2PCH2CH2PPh2), undergoes oxidative dimerization on reaction with [FeCp2]PF6 in thf at -78 degrees C to give the bis(vinylidene) [{Mo(dppe)(eta-C7H7)}(2)(mu-C=CH-CH=C)][PF6](2), [2][PF6](2). Deprotonation of [2][PF6](2) with KOBut yields butadiyndiyibridged [{Mo(dppe)(eta-C7H7)}(2)(mu-C C-C C)], 3, which undergoes in situ aerial oxidation to give [{Mo(dppe)(q-C7H7)}2(p-C4)][PF6], [3]PF6, as the major product. The cyclic voltammogram of [3]PF6 exhibits a series of four redox processes indicative of sequential formation of [{Mo(dppe)(eta-C7H7)}(2)(mu-C-4)](n+) (n = 0, 1, 2, 3, 4) with the comproportionation constant, K-C, for [3]PF6 of 1.9 x 10(7). Spectroscopic investigations on [3]PF6 by IR, Raman, NIP., and EPR spectroscopy reveal properties characteristic of a d(5)/d(6) mixed valence complex with a localized electronic structure and an estimated intramolecular electron transfer rate in the range 10(8)-10(10) s(-1). The experimental NIR spectrum of [3]PF6 is consistent with the predicted spectral characteristics of a three-state model for bridge-mediated, electron transfer in a weakly coupled, symmetrical mixed valence system. The dication [3][PF6]2 was isolated by chemical oxidation and structurally characterized; magnetic susceptibility measurements on [3][PF6]2 in the temperature range 2-300 K reveal strong antiferromagnetic coupling with the exchange coupling constant Jab (defined according to the Hamiltonian (H) over cap (spin) = -J(ab)center dot(S) over cap (a)center dot(S) over cap (b)) determined as -406 (+/-3) cm(-1).