Synthesis, solid-state structures, and EPR spectroscopic studies on polycrystalline and single-crystal samples of alpha-diimine cobalt(II) complexes

Citation:
Rosa, V., P. J. Gonzalez, T. Aviles, P. T. Gomes, R. Welter, A. C. Rizzi, M. C. G. Passeggi, and CD Brondino. "Synthesis, solid-state structures, and EPR spectroscopic studies on polycrystalline and single-crystal samples of alpha-diimine cobalt(II) complexes." Eur J Inorg Chem (2006): 4761-4769. copy at https://docentes.fct.unl.pt/p387/publications/synthesis-solid-state-structures-and-epr-spectroscopic-studies-polycrystalline-and

Abstract:

Cobalt compounds of the general formula [COX2(alpha-diimine)], where X = Cl or I and the alpha-diimines are 1,4-diaryl-2,3-dimethyl-1,4-diaza-1,3-butadiene (Ar-DAB) and bis(aryl)acenaphthenequinonediimine (Ar-BIAN) were synthesized by the direct reaction of the anhydrous cobalt salts CoCl2 or CoI2 and the corresponding alpha-diinline ligand in dried CH2Cl2. The synthesized compounds are [Co(Ph-DAB)Cl-2] (1a), [Co(o,o',p-Me3C6H2-DAB)Cl-2] (1b), and [Co(o,o'iPr(2)C(6)H(3)-DAB)Cl-2] (1c) with the ligands Ar-DAB, and also [Co(o,o',p-Me3C6H2-BIAN)I-2] (2'b) with the ligand Ar-BIAN. The crystal structures of all the compounds were solved by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. In all cases the cobalt atom is in a distorted tetrahedron, which is built up of two halide atoms and two nitrogen atoms of the alpha-dimune ligand. X-band EPR measurements of polycrystalline samples performed on compounds 1b, 1c, and 2'b indicate a high-spin Col, ion (S = 3/2) in an axially distorted environment. Single-crystal EPR experiments on compounds 1b and 1c allowed us to evaluate the orientation of the g tensor in the molecular frame. (c) Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co.

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