Monocationic μ-Diborolyl Triple-Decker Complexes [CpCo(μ-1,3-C3B2Me5)M(ring)]+: Synthesis, Structures, and Electrochemistry
摘要:
Cationic triple-decker complexes with a bridging diborolyl ligand, [CpCo(mu-1,3-C3B2Me5)M(ring)](+) (M-(ring) = CoCp (2a), CoCp* (2b), RhCp (3a), RhCp* (3b), IrCp (4a), IrCp* (4b), Ru(C6H6) (5a), Ru(p-MeC6H4Pri) (5b), Ru(C6Me6) (5c), Ru(eta(6)-cycloheptatriene) (6)), were synthesized by reaction of CpCo(mu-1,3-C3B2Me5)Tl with [M(ring)Hal(2))(2). The structures of 2aBPh(4), 2bPF(6), 4aPF(6), 5aOTf, and 5cPF(6) were determined by X-ray diffraction. The electron-transfer ability of the complexes has been ascertained by electrochemical and spectroelectrochemical techniques. In general, they are able to shuttle reversibly in the sequence 2+/+/0/-, plausibly affording completely delocalized mixed-valence derivatives. DFT calculations revealed structural changes accompanying redox processes and satisfactorily predicted the potentials for the first reduction and first oxidation.