Detailed evaluation of the geometric and electronic structures of one-electron oxidized group 10 (Ni, Pd, and Pt) metal(II)-(disalicylidene)diamine complexes.

ABSTRACT: The geometric and electronic structures of a series of one-electron oxidized group 10 metal salens (Ni, Pd, Pt) have been investigated in solution and in the solid state. Ni (1) and Pd (2) complexes of the tetradentate salen ligand N,N'-bis(3,5-di-tert-butylsalicylidene)-1,2-cyclohexanediamine (H(2)Salcn) have been examined along with the Pt (3) complex of the salen ligand N,N'-bis(3,5-di-tert-butylsalicylidene)-1,2-ethylenediamine (H(2)Salen). All three oxidized compounds exist as ligand radical species in solution and in the solid state. The solid state structures of [1](+) and [3](+) exhibit a symmetric coordination sphere contraction relative to the neutral forms. By contrast, the coordination sphere of the Pd derivative [2](+) exhibits a pronounced asymmetry in the solid state. In sol

SUBMITTER: Shimazaki Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2778000 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature