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Combining Solid-state and Solution-based Techniques: Synthesis and Reactivity of ChalcogenidoplumbatesII or IV
Published on: December 29, 2016
Solid state π-π stacking and higher order dimensional crystal packing, reactivity, and electrochemical behaviour of
E E Hardy1, M A Eddy, B A Maynard
1Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Auburn University, 179 Chemistry Building, Auburn, Alabama 36849, USA. anne.gorden@auburn.edu.
Abstract:
Condensation of a 2,3-diaminophenazine or 2,3-diamino-2-quinoxalinol with two equivalents of 3,5-ditertbutylsalicylaldehyde affords new Schiff base ligands. Here, we describe and compare the synthesis, UV-Vis, electrochemical, solution, and solid state behaviour of the free base, salphenazine ligand [L(I)], and M[L(I)] complexes, where M = UO2(vi), Cu(ii), VO(iv), Zn(ii), Co(ii), and Ni(ii). The change in π-overlap and π-stacking between molecules and long-range ordering of the solid-state structure is vastly different depending on the size and electronic character of the metal. A sterically constrained μ-oxo Fe(iii) dimer complex is also reported.
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