Issue 18, 2021

Tuning metal to metal charge transfer properties in cyanidometal-bridged complexes by changing the auxiliary ligand on the bridge

Abstract

In order to investigate the influence of the auxiliary ligand of the cyanidometal bridge on metal to metal charge transfer (MMCT) in cyanidometal-bridged complexes, two groups of heterotrimetallic cyanidometal-bridged complexes, trans-[Cp*(dppe)Fe-NC-Ru(L)2-CN-Fe(dppe)Cp*][PF6]n (L = bpy, 1(PF6)n; L = 4,4′-dmbpy, 2(PF6)n; n = 2, 3, 4) (Cp* = 1,2,3,4,5-pentamethylcyclopentadiene, dppe = 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane, bpy = 2,2′-bipyridine, 4,4′-dmbpy = 4,4′-dimethyl-2,2′-bipyridyl) were synthesized and fully characterized. The MMCT of the one-electron oxidation mixed valence complexes is mainly attributed to RuII and FeII → FeIII MMCT transitions, and the MMCT of the two-electron oxidation complexes is mainly attributed to RuII → FeIII MMCT transitions. The energy of the MMCT of the four complexes decreases with the increase of the electron donating ability of the auxiliary ligand of the cyanidometal bridge. The IR, EPR, and Mössbauer spectra, and the solvent independence of MMCT characterizations indicate that the one-electron oxidation mixed valence complexes may belong to Class II–III systems, and the two-electron oxidation complexes may be localized at low temperature but delocalized at room temperature on the EPR timescale.

Graphical abstract: Tuning metal to metal charge transfer properties in cyanidometal-bridged complexes by changing the auxiliary ligand on the bridge

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
16 Jan 2021
Accepted
30 Mar 2021
First published
30 Mar 2021

Dalton Trans., 2021,50, 6161-6169

Tuning metal to metal charge transfer properties in cyanidometal-bridged complexes by changing the auxiliary ligand on the bridge

Q. Xu, C. Zeng, S. Su, Y. Yang, S. Hu, T. Li, X. Wu and T. Sheng, Dalton Trans., 2021, 50, 6161 DOI: 10.1039/D1DT00157D

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