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Sophie Romain1, Carole Baffert, Carole Duboc
1Université Joseph Fourier Grenoble 1/CNRS, Département de Chimie Moléculaire, UMR-5250, Institut de Chimie Moléculaire de Grenoble FR- CNRS-2607, BP-53, 38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, France.
Abstract:
The electrochemical behavior of two mononuclear Mn(II) bis-terpyridine complexes, [Mn(II)(L)(2)](2+) (L = terpy (2,2':6',2''-terpyridine) and (t)Bu(3)-terpy (4,4',4''-tritert-butyl-2,2':6',2''-terpyridine)), has been investigated in dry CH(3)CN. Under these conditions, the cyclic voltammograms of these complexes exhibit not only the well-known Mn(II)/Mn(III) oxidation system but also a second metal-based oxidation one, corresponding to the Mn(III)/Mn(IV) redox couple. These oxidative processes are located at E(1/2) = +0.96 and +1.77 V vs Ag/Ag(+) (+1.26 and +2.07 V vs SCE) for the terpy complex and E(1/2) = +0.85 and +1.56 V vs Ag/Ag(+) (+1.15 and +1.86 V vs SCE) for the (t)Bu(3)-terpy derivative. The one-electron oxidized form of these complexes, [Mn(III)(L)(2)](3+), has been quantitatively generated by exhaustive electrolyses at E = 1.30 V, as previously observed in the case of the oxidation of [Mn(II)(tolyl-terpy)(2)](2+) (tolyl-terpy = 4'-(4-Methylphenyl)-2,2':6',2''-terpyridine) (Romain, S.; Duboc, C.; Neese, F.; Riviere, E.; Hanton, L. R.; Blackman, A. G.; Lepretre, J.-C.; Deronzier, A.; Collomb, M.-N. Chem.Eur. J. 2009, 15, 980-988). Further electrolyses at E = 1.65-1.80 V of [Mn(III)(L)(2)](3+) solutions have shown that the [Mn(IV)(L)(2)](4+) species is only stable for L = (t)Bu(3)-terpy because of the strong electron-donating properties of the tert-butyl substituents. These electrogenerated high-valent complexes are rare examples of mononuclear Mn(III) and Mn(IV) complexes stabilized solely by neutral N ligands. They have been fully characterized in solution by UV-visible and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopies. A detailed investigation of the EPR spectra of the [Mn(II)((t)Bu(3)-terpy)(2)](2+) and [Mn(IV)((t)Bu(3)-terpy)(2)](4+) has allowed the determination of the spin Hamiltonian parameters for both systems (for Mn(II): |D| = 0.059 cm(-1); |E| = 0.014 cm(-1); E/D = 0.259; g(x) = g(y) = g(z) = 2.00 and for Mn(IV): |D| = 1.33(6) cm(-1); |E| = 0.36(4) cm(-1); E/D = 0.27; g(x) = 1.96(4); g(y) = 1.97(4); g(z) = 1.98(4)).
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