Optically probing the localized to delocalized transition in Mo2-Mo2 mixed-valence systems
Yi Yang Wu1, Miao Meng1, Gang Yi Wang1
1Department of Chemistry, Jinan University, 601 Huang-Pu Avenue West, Guangzhou 510632, China. tcyliu@jnu.edu.cn.
Abstract:
Four thienylene (C4H2S) bridged Mo2 dimers, [Mo2(DAniF)3]2(μ-OOCC4H2SCOO) (DAniF = N,N'-di(p-anisyl)formamidinate), [Mo2(DAniF)3]2(μ-N(H)SCC4H2SCN(H)S), [Mo2(DAniF)3]2(μ-OSCC4H2SCSO) and [Mo2(DAniF)3]2(μ-SSCC4H2SCSS), have been synthesized and studied in terms of electronic coupling. The subtle structural differences between these compounds vary largely the extent of electron delocalization; consequently, a systematic transition from Class II to Class III via Class II-III is achieved, which is probed using spectral parameters of intervalence charge transfer (IVCT) absorption (band energy, intensity and shape) for the mixed-valence complexes. Significantly, the species in Class II-III displays a low energy, half cut-off and solvent-dependent IVCT band, while a high energy, less asymmetrical IVCT band is observed for the complex in Class III. These results give fresh and detailed understanding of the system transition.
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