Twin Salphen: Asymmetric Heterodinuclear Complexes {MaMbL | Ma, Mb = Ni, Cu, Zn} of a Symmetrically Fused Salphen Ligand
摘要:
Heterodinuclear complexes of a fully pi-conjugated salphen ligand were efficiently synthesized with arbitrary combinations of Ni-II, Cu-II, and Zn-II. The UV-vis spectra of the heterodinuclear complexes were approximately represented by a simple average of the spectra of the corresponding homodinuclear complexes. Systematic analysis of the spectra highlighted weak intracomplex interactions through the pi-conjugated system of the ligand.
Twin Salphen: Asymmetric Heterodinuclear Complexes {MaMbL | Ma, Mb = Ni, Cu, Zn} of a Symmetrically Fused Salphen Ligand
摘要:
Heterodinuclear complexes of a fully pi-conjugated salphen ligand were efficiently synthesized with arbitrary combinations of Ni-II, Cu-II, and Zn-II. The UV-vis spectra of the heterodinuclear complexes were approximately represented by a simple average of the spectra of the corresponding homodinuclear complexes. Systematic analysis of the spectra highlighted weak intracomplex interactions through the pi-conjugated system of the ligand.
Comparison of the Spectroscopic Properties of π-Conjugated, Fused Salphen Triads Embedded with Zn-Homo-, Ni-Homo-, and Ni/Zn-Heteronuclei
作者:Hirohiko Houjou、Muneyuki Ito、Koji Araki
DOI:10.1021/ic200798d
日期:2011.6.6
Stepwise condensation reactions of 2,6-dihydroxynaphthalene-1,5-dicarbaldehyde and a phenylenediamine with concomitant binding of metal ions afforded a trinuclear complex of a fully pi-conjugated, fused salphen ligand. By changing the synthetic pathway, we obtained a series of homo- and heteronuclear complexes containing selected combinations of nickel(II) and zinc(II) ions. Comparison of the trinuclear complexes' spectroscopic features with those of analogous dinuclear complexes revealed that the absorption spectrum of each trinuclear complex is composed of a salphen-centered absorption at 400 nm and a naphthalene-centered absorption around 500-600 nm, suggesting that the pi-conjugated system is divided into several compartments, each of which independently undergoes electronic excitation. Molecular orbital calculations revealed that the formal fusion of the salphen moieties increases the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) level by similar to-0.4 eV, which in turn causes the low-energy absorption observed in the spectra. In contrast, interorbital interactions mediated by the N2O2 metal coordination site are small, even though this site is bridged by an o-phenylene linkage: These results suggest that the coordination site effectively breaks electronic communication between the compartments, which in turn affect various spectroscopic properties of the pi-conjugated metallo-polysalphens.