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Title: Photochemistry of copper(II) complexes with macrocyclic amine ligands

Journal Article · · Inorg. Chem.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ic50221a073· OSTI ID:6395008

The photochemical properties of Cu(dl-Me/sub 6/(14)aneN/sub 4/)/sup 2 +/ and Cu(rac-Me/sub 6/(14)aneN/sub 4/)/sup 2 +/ in the presence and absence of axially coordinated ligands have been investigated by continuous and flash irradiations. Flash photolysis of the complexes in deaerated aqueous solutions revealed the presence of copper-ligand radical complexes with closed- and open-cycle ligands. Flash photolysis of methanolic solutions of the complexes, in the presence of halides and pseudohalides, shows Cu(III) macrocyclic intermediates. The experimental observations can be explained in terms of two primary photoprocesses with origins in distinctive charge transfer to metal states. These states have been assigned as amino to copper(II) charge-transfer state and acido to copper(II) charge-transfer state.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Notre Dame, IN
OSTI ID:
6395008
Journal Information:
Inorg. Chem.; (United States), Vol. 20:7
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English