title: Synthesis and properties of diphenoxo-bridged CoII, NiII, CuII, and ZnII complexes of a new tripodal ligand: generation and properties of MII-coordinated phenoxyl radical species.
abstract: Four dinuclear complexes of composition [MII2(L)2].xS [M=Co, x=0.5, S=1,4-dioxane (1.0.5 1,4-dioxane); Ni, x=0 (2) [single crystals have x=2, S=diethyl ether (2.2 diethyl ether)]; Cu, x=0 (3); Zn, x=0.5, S=1,4-dioxane (4.0.5 1,4-dioxane)] have been synthesized using a new tripodal ligand [2,4-di tert-butyl-6-{[(2-pyridyl)ethyl](2-hydroxybenzyl)-aminomethyl}-phenol (H2L)], in its deprotonated form, providing a N 2O 2 donor set. Crystallographic analyses reveal that the complexes have a similar diphenoxo-bridged structure. Each metal ion is terminally coordinated by 2,4-di tert-butyl-phenolate oxygen, a tertiary amine, and a pyridyl nitrogen. From each ligand, unsubstituted phenolate oxygen provides bridging coordination. Thus, each metal center assumes M (II)N 2O 3 coordination. Whereas the geometry around the metal ion in 1.0.5 1,4-dioxane, 2.2 diethyl ether and, 4.0.5 1,4-dioxane is distorted trigonal-bipyramidal, in 3 each copper(II) center is in a square-pyramidal environment. Temperature-dependent magnetic behavior has been investigated to reveal intramolecular antiferromagnetic exchange coupling for these compounds (-J=6.1, 28.6, and 359 cm(-1) for 1.0.5 1,4-dioxane, 2, and 3, respectively). Spectroscopic properties of the complexes have also been investigated. When examined by cyclic voltammetry (CV), all four complexes undergo in CH2Cl2 two reversible ligand-based (2,4-di tert-butylphenolate unit) one-electron oxidations [E1/2(1)=0.50-0.58 and E1/2(2)=0.63-0.75 V vs SCE (saturated calomel electrode)]. The chemically/coulometrically generated two-electron oxidized form of 3 rearranges to a monomeric species with instantaneous abstraction of the hydrogen atom, and for 4.0.5 1,4-dioxane the dimeric unit remains intact, exhibiting an EPR spectrum characteristic of the presence of ZnII-coordinated phenoxyl radical (UV-vis and EPR spectroscopy). To suggest the site of oxidation (metal or ligand-centered), in each case DFT calculations have been performed at the B3LYP level of theory.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, India.
authors.forename: Atasi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mukherjee
authors.forename: Francesc
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lloret
authors.forename: Rabindranath
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mukherjee
mesh_terms: D000042:Absorption; D003035:Cobalt / Q000737:chemistry; D003300:Copper / Q000737:chemistry; D004146:Dioxanes / Q000737:chemistry; D004583:Electrons; D004986:Ether / Q000737:chemistry; D006859:Hydrogen / Q000737:chemistry; D008024:Ligands; D008280:Magnetics; D019216:Metals, Heavy / Q000737:chemistry*; D008956:Models, Chemical; D009532:Nickel / Q000737:chemistry; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010636:Phenols / Q000737:chemistry*; D015032:Zinc / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D004146:Dioxanes; D008024:Ligands; D019216:Metals, Heavy; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D010636:Phenols; D004986:Ether; C042329:phenoxy radical; D003035:Cobalt; D003300:Copper; D009532:Nickel; D006859:Hydrogen; D015032:Zinc; C025223:1,4-dioxane