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Metal to ligand charge-transfer photochemistry of metal-metal bonded complexes. 5. ESR spectra of stable rhenium-α-diimine and spin-trapped manganese-α-diimine radicals
Andréa, Ronald R.,De Lange, Wim G. J.,Van Der Graaf, Tim,Rijkhoff, Marcel,Stufkens, Derk J.,Oskam, Ad
, p. 1100 - 1106 (2008/10/08)
Irradiation (λ ≥ 320 nm) of (CO)5MM′(CO)3L and Ph3SnM′(CO)3L (M, M′ = Mn, Re; L = α-diimine = 2,2′-bipyridine, 1,10-phenanthroline, pyridine-2-carbaldehyde imine, and 1,4-diaza-1,3-butadiene) leads to homolysis of the metal-metal bond yielding fairly stable solvated radicals SM′(CO)3L?. These paramagnetic species have been studied by ESR spectroscopy in solution directly or by using nitroso-2,2-dimethylpropane as a spin-trapping reagent. The ESR spectra show extensive hyperfine splittings of the unpaired electron with the nuclei 14N, 1H, and 55Mn or 185,187Re. From the observed and computer-simulated coupling constants important information could be derived about the electronic structure of the singly occupied molecular orbital (SOMO). After in situ addition of P(OPh)3, P(OMe)3, or pyridine (= L′) to Re(CO)3(t-Bu-DAB)?, the new paramagnetic adducts axial-(L′)Re(CO)3(t-Bu-DAB)? could be identified.