Access to formally Ni(I) states in a heterobimetallic NiZn system
- Creators
- Uyeda, Christopher
- Peters, Jonas C.
Abstract
Heterobimetallic NiZn complexes featuring metal centers in distinct coordination environments have been synthesized using diimine–dioxime ligands as binucleating scaffolds. A tetramethylfuran-containing ligand derivative enables a stable one-electron-reduced S = 1/2 species to be accessed using Cp_2Co as a chemical reductant. The resulting pseudo-square planar complex exhibits spectroscopic and crystallographic characteristics of a ligand-centered radical bound to a Ni(II) center. Upon coordination of a π-acidic ligand such as PPh_3, however, a five-coordinate Ni(I) metalloradical is formed. The electronic structures of these reduced species provide insight into the subtle effects of ligand structure on the potential and reversibility of the Ni^(II/I) couple for complexes of redox-active tetraazamacrocycles.
Additional Information
© 2012 The Royal Society of Chemistry. Received 10th August 2012. Accepted 10th September 2012. First published on the web 12 Sep 2012. This work was supported by the NSF Center for Chemical Innovation: Powering the Planet grant CHE-0802907, and by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. We thank Larry Henling and Charlene Tsay for assistance with crystallography, Dr Angelo Di Bilio for EPR measurements, and Dr Limei Zhang and Dr Jens Kaiser for XAS measurements. We acknowledge the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the Beckman Institute, and the Sanofi-Aventis BRP at Caltech for their generous support of the Molecular Observatory at Caltech. SSRL is operated for the DOE and supported by its Office of Biological and Environmental Research, and by the NIH, NIGMS (including P41GM103393) and the NCRR (P41RR001209).Attached Files
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- PMCID
- PMC4300139
- Eprint ID
- 36156
- Resolver ID
- CaltechAUTHORS:20130103-150617672
- CHE-0802907
- NSF
- Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
- Department of Energy (DOE)
- P41GM103393
- NIH
- P41RR001209
- NIH
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2013-01-07Created from EPrint's datestamp field
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2021-11-09Created from EPrint's last_modified field
- Caltech groups
- CCI Solar Fuels