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Title: ESR, spectroscopic, and quantum-chemical studies on the electronic structures of complexes formed by Cu(I) with radicals (in Russian)

Journal Article · · Theor. Exp. Chem. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00525301· OSTI ID:6191565

The optical and ESR spectra have been examined for complexes of Cu(I) with various radicals, which contain various numbers of Cl/sup -/ ions in the central-atom coordination sphere. The spin-Hamiltonian parameters have been determined for all these radical complexes, and the observed ESR spectra have been compared with those calculated with allowance for second-order effects. The observed values for the isotropic and anisotropic components of the HFI constant from the central ion have been used to estimate the contributions from the 4s and 3d/sup 2//sub z/ orbitals of the copper ion to the unpaired-electron MO. Quantum-chemical calculations have been performed by the INDO method on the electronic structures and geometries of complexes formed by CH/sub 2/OH with Cu(I) for various Cl/sup -/ contents in the coordination sphere. The radical is coordinated by the ..pi.. orbital on the carbon atom, and the stabilities of the radical complexes decrease as the number of Cl/sup -/ ions in the coordination sphere increases. A geometry close to planar for the CuCl/sub 4//sup 3 -/ fragment in a complex containing four Cl/sup -/ ions.

Research Organization:
Institute of Chemical Kinetics and Combustion, Novosibirsk, USSR
OSTI ID:
6191565
Journal Information:
Theor. Exp. Chem. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Vol. 22:1; Other Information: Translated from Teor. Eksp. Khim.; 22: No. 1, 32-38(Jan-Feb 1986)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
Russian