A copper thiolate centre for electron transfer: mononuclear vs. dinuclear complexes.
We have structurally and spectroscopically investigated a rare example of a mononuclear aliphatic dithiolate Cu(II) complex characterized by a reversible Cu(II)/Cu(I) redox couple. By DFT, we have shown that this system has a lower reorganization energy than its previously described bis(μ-thiolato) dicopper parent complex, which reversibly cycles between the Cu(1.5)Cu(1.5) and Cu(I)Cu(I) redox states.
Université Joseph Fourier Grenoble 1/CNRS, Département de Chimie Moléculaire, UMR-5250, Institut de Chimie Moléculaire de Grenoble FR- CNRS-2607, Grenoble, France.
Marcello
M
Gennari
Jacques
J
Pécaut
Marie-Noëlle
MN
Collomb
Carole
C
Duboc
D003300:Copper / Q000737:chemistry*; D004579:Electron Transport; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*
D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds; D003300:Copper