Oximato bridged copper(II) dimers: Synthesis, crystal structure, magnetic, thermal and electrochemical properties

Metal-Bonded Redox-Active Triarylamines and Their Interactions: Synthesis, Structure, and Redox Properties of Paddle-Wheel Copper Complexes

Four new triphenylamine ligands with different substituents in the para position and their corresponding copper(II) complexes are reported. This study includes their structural, spectroscopic, magnetic, and electrochemical properties. The complexes possess a dinuclear copper(II) paddle-wheel core, a building unit that is also common in metal-organic frameworks. Electrochemical measurements demonstrate that the triphenylamine ligands and the corresponding complexes are susceptible to oxidation, resulting in the formation of stable radical cations. The square-wave voltammograms observed for the complexes are similar to those of the ligands, except for a slight shift in potential. Square-wave voltammetry data show that, in the complexes, these oxidations can be described as individual one-electron processes centered on the coordinated ligands. Spectroelectrochemistry reveals that, during the oxidation of the complexes, no difference can be detected for the spectra of successively oxidized species. For the absorption bands of the oxidized species of the ligands and complexes, only a slight shift is observed. ESR spectra for the chemically oxidized complexes indicate ligand-centered radicals. The copper ions of the paddle-wheel core are strongly antiferromagnetic coupled. DFT calculations for the fully oxidized complexes indicate a very weak ferromagnetic coupling between the copper ions and the ligand radicals, whereas a very weak antiferromagnetic coupling is found among the ligand radicals.

Turning a "useless" ligand into a "useful" ligand: a magneto-structural study of an unusual family of Cu(II) wheels derived from functionalised phenolic oximes

While the phenolic oximes (R-saoH2) are well known for producing monometallic complexes of the type [M(II)(R-saoH)2] with Cu(II) ions in near quantitative yield, their derivatisation opens the door to much more varied and interesting coordination chemistry. Here we show that combining the complimentary diethanolamine and phenolic oxime moieties into one organic framework (H4L1 and H4L2) allows for the preparation and isolation of an unusual family of [Cu(II)]n wheels, including saddle-shaped, single-stranded [Cu(II)8] wheels of general formula [Cu8(HL1)4(X)4](n)[Y] (when n = 0, X = Cl(-), NO3(-), AcO(-), N3(-); when n = 2+ X = (OAc)2/(2,2'-bpy)2 and Y = [BF4]2) and [Cu8(HL2)4(X)4] (X = Cl(-), Br(-)), a rectangular [Cu6(HL1)4] wheel, and a heterometallic [Cu4Na2(HL1)2(H2L1)2] hexagon. Magnetic studies show very strong antiferromagnetic exchange between neighbouring metal ions, leading to diamagnetic ground states in all cases. DFT studies reveal that the magnitude of the exchange constants are correlated to the Cu-N-O-Cu dihedral angles, which in turn are correlated to the planarity/puckering of the [Cu(II)]n rings.

pH dependent facile synthesis of di- and trinuclear oxime based Cu(ii) complexes: antiferromagnetic coupling in the dinuclear cores and spin frustration in the triangular core

Two antiferromagnetic dinuclear and one spin frustrated trinuclear cores of oxime based Cu(ii) compounds have been synthesized by changing the pH of the reaction mixtures.