Abstract
The reaction of the redox-active diphosphine ligand 2-(ferrocenylidene)-4,5-bis(diphenylphosphino)-4-cyclopenten-1,3-dione (fbpcd) with PtCl2(1,5-cod) furnishes the platinum(II) compound PtCl2(fbpcd) (2). Treatment of 2 with disodium maleonitriledithiolate (Na2mnt) yields the chelating thiolate compound Pt(mnt)(fbpcd) (3). Both 2 and 3 have been fully characterized in solution by IR, UV-Vis, and NMR spectroscopies, and their molecular structures established by X-ray crystallography. The redox properties of the fbpcd ligand and compounds 2 and 3 have been investigated by cyclic voltammetry, and the composition of the HOMO and LUMO levels in these systems have been determined by extended Hückel MO calculations, the results of which are discussed with respect to electrochemical data.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 3693-3699 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Polyhedron |
Volume | 27 |
Issue number | 18 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 12 2008 |
Externally published | Yes |
Funding
Financial support from the Robert A. Welch Foundation (B-1093-MGR) is much appreciated, and Prof. Guido F. Verbeck and graduate student Ms. Nicole Ledbetter (UNT) and Prof. Andreas H. Franz (University of the Pacific) are thanked for recording the mass spectra of compounds 2 and 3 , respectively.
Funders | Funder number |
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Robert A. Welch Foundation |
Keywords
- Diphosphine ligand
- MO calculations
- Platinum compounds
- Redox chemistry