Straube A, Coburger P, Ringenberg MR, Hey‐Hawkins E. Tricoordinate Coinage Metal Complexes with a Redox-Active Tris-(Ferrocenyl)triazine Backbone Feature Triazine-Metal Interactions.
Chemistry 2020;
26:5758-5764. [PMID:
32022973 PMCID:
PMC7317378 DOI:
10.1002/chem.202000226]
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Abstract
2,4,6-Tris(1-diphenylphosphanyl-1'-ferrocenylene)-1,3,5-triazine (1) coordinates all three coinage metal(I) ions in a 1:1 tridentate coordination mode. The C3 -symmetric coordination in both solid state and solution is stabilised by an uncommon cation-π interaction between the triazine core and the metal cation. Intramolecular dynamic behaviour was observed by variable-temperature NMR spectroscopy. The borane adduct of 1, 1BH3 , displays four accessible oxidation states, suggesting complexes of 1 to be intriguing candidates for redox-switchable catalysis. Complexes 1Cu, 1Ag, and 1Au display a more complicated electrochemical behaviour, and the electrochemical mechanism was studied by temperature-resolved UV/Vis spectroelectrochemistry and chemical oxidation.
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