Syntheses of copper(I) cis-1,3,5-tri-iminocyclohexane complexes

TY - JOUR

T1 - Syntheses of copper(I) cis-1,3,5-tri-iminocyclohexane complexes

AU - Nairn, Alison K.

AU - Archibald, Stephen J.

AU - Bhalla, Rajiv

AU - Boxwell, Clive J.

AU - Whitwood, Adrian C.

AU - Walton, Paul H.

PY - 2006

Y1 - 2006

N2 - Copper(I) complexes of the ligand cis-1,3,5-tris(cinnamylideneamino) cyclohexane (L) have been prepared from a versatile precursor complex, Cu I(L)NCMeBF4, which incorporates a labile acetonitrile ligand that can be exchanged to give a range of new Cu(L)X complexes (where X = Cl, Br, NO2, SPh). 1H NMR spectra and X-ray structures of the Cl, Br and NO2 complexes show L coordinated in a symmetric fashion about the copper centre. The complexes have been further characterised using UV/Visible spectroscopy and cyclic voltammetry. CuLCl shows an electrochemically reversible CuI/II redox couple at 0.51 V (vs. Ag/AgCl) while the CuLNO2 complex shows an analogous quasi-reversible wave at 0.41 V (vs. Ag/AgCl).

AB - Copper(I) complexes of the ligand cis-1,3,5-tris(cinnamylideneamino) cyclohexane (L) have been prepared from a versatile precursor complex, Cu I(L)NCMeBF4, which incorporates a labile acetonitrile ligand that can be exchanged to give a range of new Cu(L)X complexes (where X = Cl, Br, NO2, SPh). 1H NMR spectra and X-ray structures of the Cl, Br and NO2 complexes show L coordinated in a symmetric fashion about the copper centre. The complexes have been further characterised using UV/Visible spectroscopy and cyclic voltammetry. CuLCl shows an electrochemically reversible CuI/II redox couple at 0.51 V (vs. Ag/AgCl) while the CuLNO2 complex shows an analogous quasi-reversible wave at 0.41 V (vs. Ag/AgCl).

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U2 - 10.1039/b510703b

DO - 10.1039/b510703b

M3 - Article

C2 - 16568189

AN - SCOPUS:33645324408

SN - 1477-9226

VL - 6

SP - 1790

EP - 1795

JO - Dalton Transactions

JF - Dalton Transactions

IS - 14

ER -