Electronic structures of ytterbocene-imine complexes
- Ryan E.
- Christopher J.
- Kevin D.
- David E.
The electronic structures of complexes of the form [(C{sub 5}Me{sub 5}){sub 2}Yb(L)]{sup +/0} (L = bipyridine, phenanthroline, terpyridine) have been probed using cyclic voltammetry and electronic spectroscopy. Remarkably, the voltammetric data reveal that the imine-based LUMO is stabilized and the redox-active metal f orbital is destabilized by ca. 1 V each upon formation of the ytterbocene-imine adduct, which is presumably responsible for the [(f){sup 13}({pi}*(L)){sup 1}] charge-transfer ground state characteristic of these complexes. The ca. 0.8 V separation between ligand-based oxidation and metal-based reduction waves for each ytterbocene adduct correlates with the energy of its optically promoted {pi}*(L)-f(Yb) charge transfer (LMCT) transition (ca. 5000 cm{sup -1}). The coupling between this LMCT excited state and the {sup 2}F{sub 7/2} ground and {sup 2}F{sub 5/2} excited states of Yb(III) leads to unusually large intensities ({var_epsilon} {approx} 1000) for the metal-localized f-f bands, which will be discussed in the context of an intensity borrowing mechanism that invokes exchange between the ligand-based {sup 2}S and metal-based {sup 2}F spin states.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOE
- OSTI ID:
- 977522
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-04-2070
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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