The mpz+/mpz. Pair as Organic Analogue of the NO+/NO. Ligand Redox System (mpz = N-Methylpyrazinium). A Combined Electrochemical and Spectroscopic Study (UV/Vis/NIR, IR, EPR) of Complexes [(mpz)M(CN)5]2-/3- (M = Fe, Ru, Os)

The oxidation and reduction behavior of complexes [(mpz)M(CN)5]2- between the group 8 pentacyanometalates-(II) and the N-methylpyrazinium ion mpz+ was studied using spectroelectrochemical techniques (UV/vis/NIR, IR, EPR) in nonaqueous and, in part, aqueous media. As a further source of information o...

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Autores principales: Waldhör, E., Kaim, W., Olabe, J.A., Slep, L.D., Fiedler, J.
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00201669_v36_n14_p2969_Waldhor
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Sumario:The oxidation and reduction behavior of complexes [(mpz)M(CN)5]2- between the group 8 pentacyanometalates-(II) and the N-methylpyrazinium ion mpz+ was studied using spectroelectrochemical techniques (UV/vis/NIR, IR, EPR) in nonaqueous and, in part, aqueous media. As a further source of information on the electronic structure, we studied the variable solvatochromism of MLCT absorption bands in the precursor ions [(mpz)M(CN)5]2- The mpz-centered one-electron reduction showed a tendency for concomitant loss of cyanide (EC process) to yield ions [(mpz)M(CN)4]2-, the lability increasing in the order M = Os < < Ru < Fe. In contrast to the EPR spectra obtained from reduction with S2O4 2- in aqueous media, which showed no evidence for close mpz. /metal association, the intra muros electrolysis experiments in DMSO or acetonitrile yielded the following results: The EPR spectrum that was previously assigned to [(mpz)Fe(CN)5]3- is now ascribed to [(mpz)Fe(CN4)]2-. Whereas the dissociatively inert osmium radical complex [(mpz)Os(CN)5]3- is distinguished by a broad EPR signal with a rather large value gisa = 2.0157, the EPR spectrum of [(mpz)Ru(CN)4]3- reveals well-resolved separate coupling with the 99Ru and 101Ru isotopes in natural abundance. Spectroelectrochemistry and reactivity patterns of the complex ions [(mpz)M(CN)5]2- are reminiscent of results for corresponding nitrosyl complexes [(NO)M(CN)5]2-, which suggests that the mpz+/mpz. ligand redox pair can function as an organic analogue of the NO+/NO. redox system.