Palladium(II) Complex of a Redox-Active Amidophenolate-Based O,N,S,N Ligand: Its Monocation and Dication and
Akram Ali1, Suman K Barman1,2, Rabindranath Mukherjee1,2
1†Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur 208 016, India.
Abstract:
A new potentially tetradentate redox-active o-aminophenol-based ligand, H2L = 2-(2-ethylthio)pyridine-anilino-4,6-di-tert-butylphenol, reacts with Pd(II)(O2CCH3)2 in CH3OH in the presence of air and Et3N affording isolation of a green crystalline solid of composition [Pd(L)] 1. When examined by cyclic voltammetry (CV), 1 exhibits two quasireversible oxidative responses at E1/2 = 0.16 (peak-to-peak separation, ΔEp = 100 mV) and 0.89 V (ΔEp = 90 mV) vs SCE (saturated calomel electrode). Chemical oxidation of 1 by [Fe(III)(η(5)-C5H5)2][PF6] and AgBF4 in CH2Cl2 led to the isolation of two crystalline solids, red [Pd(L)][PF6]·CH2Cl2 2 and dark green [Pd(L)][BF4]2·2CH2Cl2 3, respectively. Single-crystal X-ray crystallography at 100(2) K unambiguously established that the O,N,S,N-coordinated ligand is present in the square-planar complexes [Pd(II){(L(AP))(2-)}] 1, [Pd(II){(L(ISQ))(•-)}][PF6]·CH2Cl2 2, and [Pd(II){(L(IBQ))(0)}][BF4]2·2CH2Cl2 3, as dianionic (L(AP))(2-), monoanionic o-iminobenzosemiquinonate(1-) π-radical (Srad = (1)/2) (L(ISQ))(•-), and neutral o-iminobenzoquinone (L(IBQ))(0) redox level. Reaction of 1 and 2 with PPh3 afforded isolation of two crystalline complexes: dark green [Pd(II)(L)(PPh3)] 4 and red [Pd(II){(L(ISQ))(•-)}(PPh3)][PF6]·CH2Cl2 5. X-ray structure determination of 5 at 100(2) K revealed Pd(II)ON2P coordination environment. The square-planar complexes 1-5 possess an S = 0, (1)/2, 0, 0, and (1)/2 ground-state, respectively, as was established by (1)H NMR and EPR spectroscopy, and room-temperature magnetic moment data. All redox processes are thus shown to be ligand-based. Absorption spectral measurements were done for all complexes. DFT calculations at B3LYP-level of theory adequately describe the electronic structures of 1-3, and 5, containing a spin-paired d(8) Pd(II) ion. Time-dependent-DFT calculations on 1-3 and 5 shed light on the origin of UV-vis-NIR spectral absorptions.
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