Ferrocene-based tris(1-pyrazolyl)borate ligands 1R−Li and 1R−Tl have been synthesized and used to generate a variety of heterotrinuclear transition metal complexes, 3R−M [R = H, SiMe3, cyclohexyl, (cyclohexyl)methyl, phenyl; M(II) = Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn]. The poor solubility of 3H−M is greatly enhanced by the introduction of large organic substituents into the 4-positions of all pyrazolyl rings. The unsubstituted ligand 1H−Li and the trinuclear complex 3Cym−Cu [Cym = (cyclohexyl)methyl] have been investigated by X-ray crystallography. 1H−Li, which represents the first example of a structurally characterized lithium tris(1-pyrazolyl)borate, forms centrosymmetric dimers in the solid state. A severe Jahn−Teller distortion was observed for the (Bpz3)2Cu fragment in 3Cym−Cu. Compared to the parent compounds [(HBpz3)2M], the presence of uncharged ferrocenyl substituents in 3R−M tends to shift the M2+/M3+ redox potential to significantly more cathodic values. The opposite is true if the ferrocenyl fragments are in their cationic state, which results in an anodic shift of the M2+/M3+ transition. Most interestingly, the two ferrocenyl fragments in 3R−Cu appear to be electronically communicating.

Guo, S.L., Peters, F., Fabrizi De Biani, F., Bats, J.W., Herdtweck, E., Zanello, P., et al. (2001). Electronic communication in oligometallic complexes with ferrocene-based tris(1-pyrazolyl)borate ligands. INORGANIC CHEMISTRY, 40(19), 4928-4936 [10.1021/ic001199j].

Electronic communication in oligometallic complexes with ferrocene-based tris(1-pyrazolyl)borate ligands

Fabrizi De Biani, Fabrizia;Zanello, Piero;
2001-01-01

Abstract

Ferrocene-based tris(1-pyrazolyl)borate ligands 1R−Li and 1R−Tl have been synthesized and used to generate a variety of heterotrinuclear transition metal complexes, 3R−M [R = H, SiMe3, cyclohexyl, (cyclohexyl)methyl, phenyl; M(II) = Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn]. The poor solubility of 3H−M is greatly enhanced by the introduction of large organic substituents into the 4-positions of all pyrazolyl rings. The unsubstituted ligand 1H−Li and the trinuclear complex 3Cym−Cu [Cym = (cyclohexyl)methyl] have been investigated by X-ray crystallography. 1H−Li, which represents the first example of a structurally characterized lithium tris(1-pyrazolyl)borate, forms centrosymmetric dimers in the solid state. A severe Jahn−Teller distortion was observed for the (Bpz3)2Cu fragment in 3Cym−Cu. Compared to the parent compounds [(HBpz3)2M], the presence of uncharged ferrocenyl substituents in 3R−M tends to shift the M2+/M3+ redox potential to significantly more cathodic values. The opposite is true if the ferrocenyl fragments are in their cationic state, which results in an anodic shift of the M2+/M3+ transition. Most interestingly, the two ferrocenyl fragments in 3R−Cu appear to be electronically communicating.
2001
Guo, S.L., Peters, F., Fabrizi De Biani, F., Bats, J.W., Herdtweck, E., Zanello, P., et al. (2001). Electronic communication in oligometallic complexes with ferrocene-based tris(1-pyrazolyl)borate ligands. INORGANIC CHEMISTRY, 40(19), 4928-4936 [10.1021/ic001199j].
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