UV-vis, IR and EPR spectroelectrochemical study of the EC redox transition [(PR3)n(CO)3(R′-pz)M]+/0; M = Mo, W; R′-pz = N-alkylpyrazinium; R = isopropyl, cyclohexyl; n = 1 or 2
摘要:
The title complexes, isolated as trans,mer-configurated salts [(PR(3))(2)(CO)(3)(R'-pz)M](PF6), display a strong pi interaction between the zerovalent metal center and the excellent pi acceptor ligands R-pz(+). The solvatochromism of the long-wavelength metal-to-ligand charge transfer (MLCT) absorption as analyzed in particular for [(PCy(3))(2)(CO)(3)(CH3(CH2)(17)-pz)W](PF6) correlates not with established MLCT parameters but with the donor numbers of the solvents. The seemingly reversible one-electron oxidation and reduction processes were studied by spectroelectrochemical techniques with regard to EPR, carbonyl vibrational and UV-vis/NIR spectroscopic features. Whereas oxidation leads to labile M(I) species with 17 valence electrons, the reduction is centered at the R'-pz(+) ligand and causes a rapid reversible dissociation of one PR(3) group from the metal (EC(rev) process). Both EPR and IR data suggest pentacoordination at the 16 + delta valence electron centers in the neutral species [(PR(3)(CO)(3)(R'-pz)M](.).
UV-vis, IR and EPR spectroelectrochemical study of the EC redox transition [(PR3)n(CO)3(R′-pz)M]+/0; M = Mo, W; R′-pz = N-alkylpyrazinium; R = isopropyl, cyclohexyl; n = 1 or 2
摘要:
The title complexes, isolated as trans,mer-configurated salts [(PR(3))(2)(CO)(3)(R'-pz)M](PF6), display a strong pi interaction between the zerovalent metal center and the excellent pi acceptor ligands R-pz(+). The solvatochromism of the long-wavelength metal-to-ligand charge transfer (MLCT) absorption as analyzed in particular for [(PCy(3))(2)(CO)(3)(CH3(CH2)(17)-pz)W](PF6) correlates not with established MLCT parameters but with the donor numbers of the solvents. The seemingly reversible one-electron oxidation and reduction processes were studied by spectroelectrochemical techniques with regard to EPR, carbonyl vibrational and UV-vis/NIR spectroscopic features. Whereas oxidation leads to labile M(I) species with 17 valence electrons, the reduction is centered at the R'-pz(+) ligand and causes a rapid reversible dissociation of one PR(3) group from the metal (EC(rev) process). Both EPR and IR data suggest pentacoordination at the 16 + delta valence electron centers in the neutral species [(PR(3)(CO)(3)(R'-pz)M](.).