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AUTHOR
Anuj K. Sharma
Six-coordinate [CoIII(L)2]z (z = 1−, 0, 1+) complexes of an azo-appended o-aminophenolate in amidate(2−) and iminosemiquinonate π-radical (1−) redox-levels: the existence of valence-tautomerism
Aerobic reaction of the ligand H2L1, 2-(2-phenylazo)-anilino-4,6-di-tert-butylphenol, CoCl2·6H2O and Et3N in MeOH under refluxing conditions produces, after work-up and recrystallization, black crystals of [Co(L1)2] (1). When examined by cyclic voltammetry, 1 displays in CH2Cl2 three one-electron redox responses: two oxidative, E11/2 = 0.30 V (peak-to-peak separation, ΔEp = 100 mV) and E21/2 = 1.04 V (ΔEp = 120 mV), and one reductive E1/2 = −0.27 V (ΔEp = 120 mV) vs. SCE. Consequently, 1 is chemically oxidized by 1 equiv. of [FeIII(η5-C5H5)2][PF6], affording the isolation of deep purple crystals of [Co(L1)2][PF6]·2CH2Cl2 (2), and one-electron reduction with [CoII(η5-C5H5)2] yielded bluish-b…
Phenolate- and acetate (both μ2-1,1 and μ2-1,3 modes)-bridged linear Co(II)3 and Co(II)2Mn(II) trimers: magnetostructural studies.
A full report on the synthesis, crystal structure, spectroscopic characterization, and magnetic properties of two new trinuclear complexes (one homo- and another heterotrinuclear) [(L)2Co(II)3(OAc)4(MeOH)2]·6MeOH (1) and [(L)2Co(II)2Mn(II)(OAc)4(MeOH)2]·6MeOH (2) [HL = N-methyl-N-2-hydroxybenzyl-2-aminoethyl-2-pyridine] is presented. The properties of 1 and 2 are compared to that of three previously communicated complexes [(L)2Ni(II)3(OAc)4(MeOH)2]·6MeOH (3), [(L)2Ni(II)2Mn(II)(OAc)4(H2O)2] (4), and [(L)2Ni(II)2Co(II)(OAc)4(MeOH)2]·6MeOH (5) (Inorg. Chem.2007, 46, 5128-5130). All are centrosymmetric trimers with the central metal ion situated on an inversion center. Adjacent metal ions are …