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Preparation and spectral electrochemical characterization of dirhodium(II) complexes with bridging 1,8-naphthyridine ligands. X-ray crystal structure of tris(. mu. -acetato)(2,7-bis(2-pyridyl)-1,8-naphthyridine) dirhodium(II) hexafluorophosphate

Journal Article · · Inorg. Chem.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ic00170a006· OSTI ID:6922773

The preparations and spectral and electrochemical characterizations of several dirhodium(II) complexes of substituted 1,8-naphthyridines are described. These dinuclear complexes are derived by reaction of the appropriate polydentate 1,8-naphthyridine species with dirhodium tetraacetate. The monosubstituted derivatives Rh/sub 2/(O/sub 2/CCH/sub 3/)/sub 3/L/sup +/ include complexes of the crescent-shaped ligand (L) 2,7-bis(2-pyridyl)-1,8-naphthyridine (bpnp) and of 5,6-dihydrodipyrido(2,3-b:3',2'-j)-(1,10)phenanthroline (dinp) and 2-(2-pyridyl)-1,8-naphthyridine (pynp). A disubstituted complex, Rh/sub 2/(O/sub 2/CCH/sub 3/)/sub 2/(pynp)/sub 2//sup 2 +/, and a tetrasubstituted derivative, (Rh/sub 2/(np)/sub 4/)Cl/sub 4/ (np = 1,8-naphthyridine), are also described. Each of these compounds displays electronic spectral bands in the visible region that have been assigned as metal to ligand charge-transfer absorptions not seen in the parent tetraacetate. The electrochemical properties as studied by cyclic voltammetry also differ significantly from those of the tetraacetate with the mono- and disubstituted derivatives displaying both reversible oxidations and reduction. The spectral properties of these complexes are discussed in terms of their probable structures. The structure of the bpnp adduct, (Rh/sub 2/(O/sub 2/CCH/sub 3/)/sub 3/bpnp)PF/sub 6/, has been determined by X-ray diffraction techniques and refined by full-matrix least-squares procedures to a final R index of 0.068. Crystals are tetragonal, space group I4/sub 1/cd, with cell dimensions a = b = 28.720 (14) A, c = 13.906 (5) A, and V = 11470 (9) A/sup 3/ and with Z = 16. The two rhodium atoms are bridged by three acetate groups and the naphthyridine fragment bpnp. The 2-pyridyl nitrogen atoms occupy the axial sites trans to the Rh-Rh bond (Rh-Rh distance = 2.405 (2) A). 2 figures, 8 tables.

Research Organization:
Univ. of California, Santa Barbara
OSTI ID:
6922773
Journal Information:
Inorg. Chem.; (United States), Journal Name: Inorg. Chem.; (United States) Vol. 23:2; ISSN INOCA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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