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Title: An Adaptable N‐Heterocyclic Carbene Macrocycle Hosting Copper in Three Oxidation States

Abstract

A neutral hybrid macrocycle with two trans-positioned N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) and two pyridine donors hosts copper in three oxidation states (+I–+III) in a series of structurally characterized complexes (1–3). Redox interconversion of [LCu]+/2+/3+ is electrochemically (quasi)reversible and occurs at moderate potentials (E1/2=-0.45 V and +0.82 V (vs. Fc/Fc+)). A linear CNHC-Cu-CNHC arrangement and hemilability of the two pyridine donors allows the ligand to adapt to the different stereoelectronic and coordination requirements of CuI versus CuII/CuIII. Analytical methods such as NMR, UV/Vis, IR, electron paramagnetic resonance, and Cu Kβ high-energy-resolution fluorescence detection X-ray absorption spectroscopies, as well as DFT calculations, give insight into the geometric and electronic structures of the complexes. The XAS signatures of 1–3 are textbook examples for CuI, CuII, and CuIII species. Facile 2-electron interconversion combined with the exposure of two basic pyridine N sites in the reduced CuI form suggest that [LCu]+/2+/3+ may operate in catalysis via coupled 2 e-/2 H+ transfer.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [1];  [1];  [2];  [1];  [1];  [3];  [2]; ORCiD logo [1]
  1. Institute of Inorganic Chemistry University of Göttingen Tammannstrasse 4 37077 Göttingen Germany
  2. Department of Inorganic Spectroscopy Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion Stiftstrasse 34–36 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr Germany
  3. Department of Chemistry & Catalysis Research Center Technische Universität München Lichtenbergstrasse 4 85748 Garching bei München Germany
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Research Org.:
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1605641
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1605644; OSTI ID: 1623491
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-76SF00515
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Published Article
Journal Name:
Angewandte Chemie (International Edition)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Angewandte Chemie (International Edition) Journal Volume: 59 Journal Issue: 14; Journal ID: ISSN 1433-7851
Publisher:
Wiley
Country of Publication:
Germany
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; chemistry; copper(III); macrocyclic ligands; n-heterocyclic carbenes; oxidation states; x-ray absorption spectroscopy

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Liu, Yang, Resch, Stefan G., Klawitter, Iris, Cutsail, George E., Demeshko, Serhiy, Dechert, Sebastian, Kühn, Fritz E., DeBeer, Serena, and Meyer, Franc. An Adaptable N‐Heterocyclic Carbene Macrocycle Hosting Copper in Three Oxidation States. Germany: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1002/anie.201912745.
Liu, Yang, Resch, Stefan G., Klawitter, Iris, Cutsail, George E., Demeshko, Serhiy, Dechert, Sebastian, Kühn, Fritz E., DeBeer, Serena, & Meyer, Franc. An Adaptable N‐Heterocyclic Carbene Macrocycle Hosting Copper in Three Oxidation States. Germany. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201912745
Liu, Yang, Resch, Stefan G., Klawitter, Iris, Cutsail, George E., Demeshko, Serhiy, Dechert, Sebastian, Kühn, Fritz E., DeBeer, Serena, and Meyer, Franc. Fri . "An Adaptable N‐Heterocyclic Carbene Macrocycle Hosting Copper in Three Oxidation States". Germany. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201912745.
@article{osti_1605641,
title = {An Adaptable N‐Heterocyclic Carbene Macrocycle Hosting Copper in Three Oxidation States},
author = {Liu, Yang and Resch, Stefan G. and Klawitter, Iris and Cutsail, George E. and Demeshko, Serhiy and Dechert, Sebastian and Kühn, Fritz E. and DeBeer, Serena and Meyer, Franc},
abstractNote = {A neutral hybrid macrocycle with two trans-positioned N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) and two pyridine donors hosts copper in three oxidation states (+I–+III) in a series of structurally characterized complexes (1–3). Redox interconversion of [LCu]+/2+/3+ is electrochemically (quasi)reversible and occurs at moderate potentials (E1/2=-0.45 V and +0.82 V (vs. Fc/Fc+)). A linear CNHC-Cu-CNHC arrangement and hemilability of the two pyridine donors allows the ligand to adapt to the different stereoelectronic and coordination requirements of CuI versus CuII/CuIII. Analytical methods such as NMR, UV/Vis, IR, electron paramagnetic resonance, and Cu Kβ high-energy-resolution fluorescence detection X-ray absorption spectroscopies, as well as DFT calculations, give insight into the geometric and electronic structures of the complexes. The XAS signatures of 1–3 are textbook examples for CuI, CuII, and CuIII species. Facile 2-electron interconversion combined with the exposure of two basic pyridine N sites in the reduced CuI form suggest that [LCu]+/2+/3+ may operate in catalysis via coupled 2 e-/2 H+ transfer.},
doi = {10.1002/anie.201912745},
journal = {Angewandte Chemie (International Edition)},
number = 14,
volume = 59,
place = {Germany},
year = {Fri Jan 24 00:00:00 EST 2020},
month = {Fri Jan 24 00:00:00 EST 2020}
}

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