title: Synthesis, spectroscopic characterization and EPR studies on electron transfer reactions of bis[N-(2,5-di-tert-butylphenyl)salicylaldiminato]copper complexes with PPh3.
abstract: New bidentate N-(2,5-di-tert-butylphenyl)salicylaldimines bearing X = H, HO, CH3O, Br, NO2, 3,5-di-Br, 3-NO2-5-Br and 5,6-benzo substituents on the salicylaldehyde moiety, LxH, and their mononuclear bis[N-(2,5-di-tert-butylphenyl)salicylaldiminato]copper(II) complexes, Cu(Lx)2, have been prepared and investigated by IR, UV-Visible, 1H NMR, ESR spectroscopy, magnetic measurements, as well as reactions of Cu(LX)2 with PPh3 were studied. It has been found that some complexes with X = HO and CH3O unlike their electron-withdrawing and unsubstituted analogues are readily reduced by PPh3 via intramolecular electron transfer from ligand to copper(II) to give Cu-stabilized radical intermediates. The spectra of the primary radicals interpreted in terms of couplings of unpaired electron with (63,65)Cu, 31P, 14N nuclei and aromatic protons.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harran University, Sanliurfa, Turkey. vkasumov@harran.edu.tr
authors.forename: Veli T
authors.initials: VT
authors.lastname: Kasumov
authors.forename: Fevzi
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Köksal
mesh_terms: D000447:Aldehydes / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods; D004579:Electron Transport; D005609:Free Radicals; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D013053:Spectrophotometry / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D000447:Aldehydes; D005609:Free Radicals; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; C472929:bis(N-(2,5-di-tert-butylphenyl)salicylaldiminato)copper; C013243:salicylaldehyde