Curtis CJ, Astashkin AV, Conradie J, Ghosh A, Tomat E. Ligand-Centered Triplet Diradical Supported by a Binuclear Palladium(II) Dipyrrindione.
Inorg Chem 2021;
60:12457-12466. [PMID:
34347474 PMCID:
PMC8389801 DOI:
10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c01691]
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Abstract
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Oligopyrroles
form
a versatile class of redox-active ligands and
electron reservoirs. Although the stabilization of radicals within
oligopyrrolic π systems is more common for macrocyclic ligands,
bidentate dipyrrindiones are emerging as compact platforms for one-electron
redox chemistry in transition-metal complexes. We report the synthesis
of a bis(aqua) palladium(II) dipyrrindione complex and its deprotonation-driven
dimerization to form a hydroxo-bridged binuclear complex in the presence
of water or triethylamine. Electrochemical, spectroelectrochemical,
and computational analyses of the binuclear complex indicate the accessibility
of two quasi-reversible ligand-centered reduction processes. The product
of a two-electron chemical reduction by cobaltocene was isolated and
characterized. In the solid state, this cobaltocenium salt features
a folded dianionic complex that maintains the hydroxo bridges between
the divalent palladium centers. X-band and Q-band EPR spectroscopic
experiments and DFT computational analysis allow assignment of the
dianionic species as a diradical with spin density almost entirely
located on the two dipyrrindione ligands. As established from the
EPR temperature dependence, the associated exchange coupling is weak
and antiferromagnetic (J ≈ −2.5 K),
which results in a predominantly triplet state at the temperatures
at which the measurements have been performed.
The coordination and redox chemistry of the dipyrrindione
scaffold, which is found in several heme metabolites, is investigated
in heteroleptic palladium(II) complexes. The bis(aqua) complex undergoes
a deprotonation-driven dimerization to form a hydroxo-bridged binuclear
species. Crystallographic, electrochemical, and spectroscopic data,
as well as computational analysis, demonstrate that a two-electron
reduction of the binuclear complex leads to a diradical dianion with
spin density delocalized over the two dipyrrindione ligands.
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