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Line Shape Analysis of Dynamic NMR Spectra for Characterizing Coordination Sphere Rearrangements at a Chiral Rhenium Polyhydride Complex
Published on: July 27, 2022
Binuclear rhenium(I) complexes with bridging [2.2]paracyclophane-diimine ligands: probing electronic coupling through
P J Ball1, Tanya Rarog Shtoyko, Jeanette A Krause Bauer
1Department of Chemistry, University of Cincinnati, PO Box 210172, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0172, USA.
Abstract:
Two pseudo-para substituted bis-diimino[2.2]paracyclophane ligands (4,16-bis(picolinaldimine)-[2.2]paracyclophane (BPPc) and 4,16-bis(methyl-picolinaldimine)-[2.2]paracyclophane (BmPPc)) were prepared by the condensation reaction of the appropriate picolinaldimine with 4,16-diamino-[2.2]paracyclophane (2). An improved synthesis of 2 from [2.2]paracyclophane also is reported. BPPc (3a): monoclinic, P2(1)/c, a = 8.2238(11) A, b = 15.336(2) A, c = 8.4532(11) A, beta = 98.578(3) degrees, V = 1054.2(2) A(3), Z = 2. To investigate the binding properties of the bis-diimino[2.2]paracyclophane ligands, binuclear rhenium(I) tricarbonyl chloride complexes [Re(CO)(3)Cl](2)(micro-BPPc) (5a) and [Re(CO)(3)Cl](2)(micro-BmPPc) (5b) were prepared and fully characterized by infrared spectroscopy, (1)H NMR spectroscopy, elemental analysis, UV-visible absorption spectroscopy, and cyclic voltammetry. Two model complexes, Re(tolyl-pyCa)(CO)(3)Cl (4) (tolyl-pyCa = N-(p-tolyl)-2-pyridinecarboxaldimine) and [Re(CO)(3)Cl](2)(micro-PBP) (6) (PBP = p-phenylenebis(picolinaldimine)), also are reported. The dimeric compounds 5 and 6 each undergo two one-electron, predominantly diimine-centered reduction processes. Spectroscopic data and comproportionation constants (5a, 23 +/- 9; 5b, 23 +/- 9; 6, 2750 +/- 540) are consistent with relatively weak interactions between the diimine groups mediated by the paracyclophane bridging group, and these results are consistent with steric and electronic factors.
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