Copper Complexes of Benzoylacetone Bis-Thiosemicarbazones: Metal and Ligand Based Redox Reactivity

Synthesis and reactivity of copper(I) complexes containing a bis(imidazolin-2-imine) pincer ligand.

The new pincer ligand 2,6-bis[(1,3-di-tert-butylimidazolin-2-imino)methyl]pyridine (TL(tBu)) has been prepared in high yield from 2,6-bis(hydroxymethyl)pyridine (1) and 1,3-di-tert-butylimidazolin-2-imine (3). Reaction of TL(tBu) with [Cu(MeCN)4]PF6 affords the highly reactive copper(I) complex [(TL(tBu))Cu]PF6, [5]PF6, which forms the stable copper(I) isocyanide complexes [6a]PF6 (nu(CN) = 217...

Synthesis and reactivity of ruthenium tridentate bis-phosphinite ligand complexes.

The tridentate ligands E(CH2CH2OPiPr2)2 (E = NH 1, E = S 2) were employed in the synthesis of a number of ruthenium complexes. Reaction of these ligands with (Ph3P)3RuCl2 afforded the dimers [Ru(HN(CH2CH2OPiPr2)2)Cl(μ-Cl)]2 (3) and [(Ru(E(CH2CH2OPiPr2)2))2(μ-Cl)3][X] (E = NH, X = PF64, E = S, X = Cl 5), respectively. Using (Ph3P)3RuHCl in reactions with 1 gave Ru(NH(CH2CH2OPiPr2)2)(PPh3)HCl (6)...

Thiosemicarbazones and Their Transition Metal Complexes

Cyclopentadienyl chromium diimine and pyridine-imine complexes: ligand-based radicals and metal-based redox chemistry.

Paramagnetic CpCr(III) complexes with antiferromagnetically-coupled anionic radical diimine and pyridine-imine ligands were prepared and characterized. The diimine chloro CpCr[(ArNCR)(2)]Cl complexes (1: Ar = 2,6-iPr(2)C(6)H(3) (Dpp), R = H; 2: Ar = 2,6-Me(2)C(6)H(3) (Xyl), R = Me; 3: Ar = 2,4,6-Me(3)C(6)H(2) (Mes), R = Me) were synthesized by treatment of previously reported Cr(diimine)(THF)(2...

Determination of the solution structures of melamine-based bis- and tris-macrocyclic ligand copper(II) complexes.

A combination of molecular mechanics (MM), electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy (EPR), and spectra simulation (MM-EPR) has been used to determine the solution structures of di- and trinuclear copper(II) complexes of melamine-based oligomacrocyclic ligands. The spin Hamiltonian parameters of the mononuclear, melamine-appended macrocyclic ligand copper(II) complex have been determined by ...