Indate(III) phthalocyanines: synthesis, spectroscopy and crystal structure of iodophthalocyaninato(2-) indate(III)

Bimetallic neutral and anionic complexes of transition metal (Co, Mn) carbonyls with indium(III) phthalocyanine

Heterobimetallic {[Co(CO)4]-[InIII(Pc2-)]} (1) and (Cp*2Cr+){[Mn(CO)5]-[InIII(Pc˙3-)]}·2C6H4Cl2 (2) complexes based on indium(III) phthalocyanine (Pc) were obtained as crystals. The complexes were synthesized by single (1) and double (2) reduction of indium(III) phthalocyanine chloride in the presence of transition metal carbonyls. Complex 1 contains dianionic Pc2- macrocycles. Thus, the coordinated Co(CO)4 carbonyl accepts an electron in the one-electron reduction forming a diamagnetic [Co(CO)4]- anion. Complex 2 contains a heterobimetallic {[Mn(CO)5]-[InIII(Pc˙3-)]}- anion and paramagnetic Cp*2Cr+ counter cations. Therefore, in the double reduction, electrons are transferred to Mn(CO)5 forming a diamagnetic [Mn(CO)5]- anion and to the Pc2- macrocycle forming a paramagnetic radical Pc˙3- trianion. Such assignments for 1 and 2 are in line with optical spectra, crystal structures and the data of magnetic measurements. The spectrum of 1 in the UV-visible range is similar to that of the starting InIIIClPc. The formation of 2 is accompanied by an essential blue-shift of the Q-band of Pc as well as by the appearance of an intense NIR band at 1005 nm characteristic of Pc˙3-. Compound 1 is EPR silent and diamagnetic, whereas the value of the effective magnetic moment of 2 is 4.24μB at 300 K, which corresponds to the contribution of S = 1/2 (Pc˙3-) and S = 3/2 (Cp*2Cr+) spins. Both weakly coupled paramagnetic centers (J = -0.41 cm-1) are observed in the EPR spectra.

{CpFeII(CO)2SnII(Macrocycle•3-)} Radicals with Intrinsic Charge Transfer from CpFe(CO)2 to Macrocycles (Cp: Cp or Cp*); Effective Magnetic Coupling between Radical Trianionic Macrocycles•3

Neutral {CpFe^II(CO)₂[Sn^II(Pc^•3-)]} {Cp is cyclopentadienyl (1, 2) or Cp* is pentamethylcyclopentadienyl (3); Pc: phthalocyanine}, {Cp*Fe^II(CO)₂[Sn^II(Nc^•3-)]} (4, Nc: naphthalocyanine), and {CpFe^II(CO)₂[Sn^II(TPP^•3-)]} (5, TPP: tetraphenylporphyrin) complexes in which CpFe^II(CO)₂ fragments (Cp: Cp or Cp*) are coordinated to Sn^II(macrocycle^•3-) have been obtained. The product complexes were obtained at the reaction of charge transfer from CpFe^I(CO)₂ (Cp: Cp or Cp*) to [Sn^II(macrocycle^2-)] to form the diamagnetic Fe^II and paramagnetic radical trianionic macrocycles. As a result, these formally neutral complexes contain S = 1/2 spins delocalized over the macrocycles. This provides alternation of the C-N_imine or C-C_meso bonds in the macrocycles, the appearance of new bands in the near-infrared spectra of the complexes, and blue shift of both Soret and Q-bands. The {CpFe^II(CO)₂Sn^II(macrocycle^•3-)} units (Cp: Cp or Cp*, macrocycle: Pc or Nc) form closely packed π-stacking dimers in 1 and 3 or one-dimensional chains in 2 and 4 with effective π-π interaction between the macrocycles. Such packing allows strong antiferromagnetic coupling between S = 1/2 spins. Magnetic interaction can be described well by the Heisenberg model for the isolated dimers in 1 and 3 with exchange interaction J/k _B = -78 and -85 K, respectively. Magnetic behavior of 2 and 4 is described well by the model that includes contributions from an antiferromagnetically coupled S = 1/2 dimer (J _intra) and a Heisenberg S = 1/2 chain with alternating antiferromagnetic spin exchange between the neighbors (J _inter). Compound 2 demonstrates large intradimer interaction of J _intra/k _B = -54 K and essentially weaker interdimer exchange interactions of J _inter/k _B = -6 K, whereas compound 4 shows strong magnetic coupling of spins within the dimers (J _intra/k _B = -170 K) as well as between the dimers (J _inter/k _B = -40 K). Compound {CpFe^II(CO)₂[Sn^II(TPP^•3-)]} (5) shows no π-π interactions between the porphyrin macrocycles, and magnetic coupling is weak in this case (Weiss temperature is -5 K). Preparation of a similar complex with indium(III) chloride phthalocyanine yields {CpFe(CO)₂[In(Pc^2-)]} (6). In this complex, indium(III) atoms are reduced instead of the phthalocyanine macrocycles that explains electron paramagnetic resonance silence of 6 in the 4-295 K range.

Coordination Complexes of Titanium(IV) and Indium(III) Phthalocyanines with Carbonyl-Containing Dyes: The Formation of Singly Bonded Anionic Squarylium Dimers

Reduction methods for the preparation of coordination complexes of titanium(IV) and indium(III) phthalocyanines (Pc) with organic dyes such as indigo, thioindigo, and squarylium dye III (SQ) have been developed, which allow one to obtain crystalline {cryptand(K⁺ )}{(cis-indigo-O,O)^2- Ti^IV (Pc^2- )}(Cl^- )⋅C₆ H₄ Cl₂ (1), {cryptand(K⁺ )}{(cis-thioindigo-O,O)^2- In^III (Pc^2- )}^- ⋅C₆ H₄ Cl₂ (2), and {cryptand(K⁺ )}{[(SQ)₂ -O,O]^2- In^III (Pc^2- )}^- ⋅3.5 C₆ H₄ Cl₂ (3) complexes. The formation of these complexes is accompanied by the reduction of the starting dyes to the anionic state. Transition of trans-indigo or trans-thioindigo to the cis conformation in 1 and 2 provides coordination of both carbonyl oxygen atoms of the dye to Ti^IV Pc or In^III Pc. SQ is reduced to the radical anion state and forms unusual diamagnetic singly bonded (SQ^- )₂ dimers in 3. These dimers have two closely positioned carbonyl oxygen atoms coordinated to In^III Pc. Dianionic Pc^2- macrocycles have been found in 1-3. The complexes contain two chromophore molecules at one metal center. However, their optical spectra are defined mainly by absorption bands of the metal phthalocyanines.

Local structure and stacking disorder of chloro(phthalocyaninato)aluminium

Chloro(phthalocyaninato)aluminium [(C₃₂H₁₆N₈)AlCl, Pigment Blue 79] is a molecular compound which crystallizes in a layer structure with stacking disorder. Order-disorder theory was applied to analyse and explain the stacking disorder and to determine the symmetry operations, which generate subsequent layers from a given one. Corresponding ordered structural models were constructed and optimized by force field and dispersion-corrected density functional theory methods. The superposition of the four lowest-energy stackings lead to a structure in which every second double layer looks to be ordered; in the other double layers the molecules occupy one of two lateral positions. This calculated superposition structure agrees excellently with an (incomplete) experimental structure determined from single-crystal data. From the optimized ordered models, the stacking probabilities and the preferred local arrangements were derived. Packing effects such as the distortion of the molecules depending on the arrangement of neighbouring molecules could also be determined.

Design, crystal structures and magnetic properties of anionic salts containing fullerene C60 and indium(iii) bromide phthalocyanine radical anions

Salts containing fullerene C₆₀ and indium(iii) bromide phthalocyanine (Pc) radical anions, (TBA⁺)₃(C₆₀˙⁻){In^III(Br)(Pc)˙⁻}(Br⁻)·C₆H₄Cl₂ (1) and (TEA⁺)₂(C₆₀˙⁻){In^III(Br)(Pc)˙⁻}·C₆H₄Cl₂·C₆H₁₄ (2), have been obtained and their structures, optical and magnetic properties are discussed.

Indium(III) complexes of octaphenylporphyrazine: Effect of halide coordination on the basic properties and stability in acid media

Influence of halide ion coordination on the basic properties and stability of indium(III) octaphenylporphyrazine complexes in acid medium have been studied. Five-coordinated halide complexes [(Hal)InPAPh8] (Hal = F, Cl, Br) are stable in dichloromethane or chloroform solutions acidified with trifluoroacetic acid up to 100%. One of four meso-nitrogen atoms is protonated in 0.1 M solution; their basicity depending of the ionic character of In–Hal bond is decreased in the order F > Cl > Br . Addition of an excess of fluoride, chloride or bromide anions leads to formation of anionic cis-dihalide complexes cis [(Hal)2InPAPh8] - which undergo very facile demetalation with formation of the free-base H2PAPh8 even in a slightly acidified solutions (0.001 M of acid). Such catalytic effect of halide anions seems to be general for demetalation reactions of indium(III) complexes with tetrapyrrolic macrocycles and was also observed for the phthalocyanine complex [(Cl)InPc] . Coordination of iodide leads to reduction of porphyrazine macrocycle assisted by meso-protonation with formation of π-anionic species, which upon demetalation and subsequent deprotonation give a mixture of free-base porphyrazine H2PAPh8 and tetraazachlorin derivatives.

Synthetic and theoretical study of the incorporation of metal halides in [{Ti(eta5-C5Me5)(mu-NH)}3(mu3-N)]

The capacity of the imido-nitrido organometallic ligand [{Ti(eta5-C5Me5)(mu-NH)}3(mu3-N)] (1) to entrap main group metal halides MXn has been investigated. Treatment of 1 with metal halides in toluene or dichloromethane afforded several soluble adducts [MXn(L)] (L=1) in good yields. The reaction of 1 with one equivalent of Group 1 and 13 monohalides MX afforded single cube-type complexes [XM{(mu3-NH)3Ti3(eta5-C5Me5)3(mu3-N)}] (M=Li, X=Br (2), I (3); M=Na, X=I (4); M=In, X=I (5); M=Tl, X=I (6)). Analogous treatment of 1 with Group 2 and 14 dihalides MX(2) gave the corresponding adducts [I2M{(mu3-NH)3Ti3(eta5-C5Me5)3(mu3-N)}] (M=Mg (7), Ca (8), Sr (9)) and [Cl(2)M{(mu3-NH)3Ti3(eta5-C5Me5)3(mu3-N)}] (M=Sn (10), Pb (11)). The treatment of 1 with SnI2 or the reaction of 10 with MeI at 60 degrees C afforded two azametallocubane units linked by two bridging iodine atoms [{ISn(mu3-NH)3Ti3(eta5-C5Me5)3(mu3-N)}2(mu-I)2] (12). Indium triiodide reacted with 1 in toluene to form the adduct [I3In(mu3-NH)3Ti3(eta5-C5Me5)3(mu3-N)] (13). Density functional theory calculations have been carried out to study these processes and evaluate the influence of the solvent. X-ray crystal structure determinations have been performed for complexes 10, 12, and 13.

Synthesis, structural investigation, and solid-state properties of iodine-doped zirconium diphthalocyanine, [ZrPc2]I3.I2

Crystals of iodine-doped zirconium(IV) diphthalocyanine, [ZrPc(2)]I(3).I(2) (where Pc = C(32)H(16)N(8)), were grown directly in the reaction of pure zirconium powder with phthalonitrile under a stream of iodine at 260 degrees C. [ZrPc(2)]I(3).I(2) crystallizes in the space group P2(1)/m (No. 11) of the monoclinic system with lattice parameters of a = 6.735(1), b = 25.023(5), and c = 17.440(3) A, beta = 99.43(3) degrees, and Z = 2. The crystals of [ZrPc(2)]I(3).I(2) are built up from two pseudo-monodimensional aggregates: one-electron-oxidized [ZrPc(2)](+) units; weak interacting triiodide I(3)(-) ions with neutral diiodine molecules. The I(3)(-) ions and neutral I(2) molecules in the crystal of [ZrPc(2)]I(3).I(2) have been also detected by Raman spectroscopy. The [ZrPc(2)](+) units form stacks along the a axis, while the polymeric...I(3)(-)...I(2)...I(3)(-)...I(2)(-)... zigzag chains are located in the crystal along the b axis, so both pseudo-monodimensional aggregates are perpendicular to each other. This arrangement is different from that found in the tetragonal crystals of [ZrPc(2)](I(3))(2/3) in which both monodimensional aggregates, i.e., the stacks of partially oxidized [ZrPc(2)](2/3+) units and chains of symmetric triiodide ions, are parallel. EPR experiment together with the X-ray single-crystal analysis clearly shown that oxidation of the diamagnetic ZrPc(2) complex by iodine is ligand centered and homogeneously affecting both phthalocyaninato rings of ZrPc(2); thus, the formal oxidation state of both Pc rings in [ZrPc(2)]I(3).I(2) is nonintegral (-1.5). The UV-vis spectrum of [ZrPc(2)] I(3).I(2) is very similar to the spectrum of unoxidized ZrPc(2) complex in the B Soret and Q spectral region. However, in the spectrum of [ZrPc(2)] I(3).I(2) one additional band at approximately 502 nm is observed, which indicates the existence of the one-electron-oxidized phthalocyaninato(-) radical ligand and is assigned to the electronic transition from a deeper level to the half-occupied HOMO level. The single-crystal electrical conductivity data show anisotropy and nonmetallic character in conductivity (d sigma/dT > 0). The charge transport mainly proceeds along the pseudo-monodimensional stacks of [ZrPc(2)](+) units. The relatively high conductivity along the stacks of one-electron-oxidized [ZrPc(2)](+) units results from the staggering orientation of Pc rings (rotation angle 45.0(2) degrees ) that leads to the short inter-ring C(alpha)(pyrrole)[bond]C(alpha)(pyrrole) contacts (2.839(3)-3.024(3) A). These C(alpha)-pyrrole atoms make appreciable contribution to the partially occupied pi-molecular orbital of Pc macrocycle and the greatest overlap of the HOMO orbitals that form the conduction band of partially oxidized molecular crystals.

One-dimensional assembling of diiodo[phthalocyaninato(1-)] chromate(III) molecules through neutral I(2) molecules. Alternating ferro- and antiferromagnetic interactions in the metal-radical system

Crystals of diiodo[phthalocyaninato(1-)] chromate(III) diiodine, CrPcI(2).I(2), were grown directly in the reaction of chromium powder with 1,2-dicyanobenzene under a stream of iodine at about 250 degrees C. The CrPcI(2).I(2) complex crystallizes in the centrosymmetric space group of the triclinic system with one molecule per unit cell, with the cell dimensions a = 7.851(2) A, b = 8.402(2) A, c = 12.668(3) A, alpha = 80.32(3)(o), beta = 74.06(3)(o), gamma = 82.33(3)(o), and V = 788.7(3) A(3). The X-ray single-crystal analysis shows that each of the centrosymmetric CrPcI(2) molecules is bridged by a neutral I(2) molecule (detected also by Raman spectroscopy) and develops a polymeric one-dimensional structure. The magnetic measurements have been carried out in the temperature range 300-2 K. Temperature dependence of the effective magnetic moment, mu(eff), shows the ferro- and antiferromagnetic interactions in the system of the paramagnetic central Cr(3+) ion and surrounding pi-conjugated radical ligand Pc(1-). The conductivity measurement on a polycrystalline sample exhibits weak temperature dependence (dsigma/dT < 0). The UV-vis spectrum exhibits, besides the B- and Q-bands, one additional band assigned to the electronic transition from a deeper level to the half-occupied HOMO level in the one-electron oxidized phthalocyaninato(1-) radical ligand.