A Pulsed EPR and DFT Investigation of the Stabilization of Coordinated Phenoxyl Radicals in a Series of Cobalt Schiff-Base Complexes

Vinck, Evi, Murphy, Damien Martin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5941-4879, Fallis, Ian Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7361-0182 and Doorslaer, Sabine 2009. A Pulsed EPR and DFT Investigation of the Stabilization of Coordinated Phenoxyl Radicals in a Series of Cobalt Schiff-Base Complexes. Applied Magnetic Resonance 37 (1-4) , pp. 289-303. 10.1007/s00723-009-0059-6

Full text not available from this repository.

Abstract

We recently demonstrated how the aerobic addition of acetic acid to N,N′-bis(3,5-di-tert-butylsalicylidene)-1,2-cyclohexane-diamino CoII, [Co(1)], leads to the formation of an unusual coordinated CoIII-phenoxyl radical. In this work, some of the structural aspects associated with the Schiff-base-derived ligand (1) that are crucial for the acid-mediated formation of the phenoxyl radical are investigated. For comparison with [Co(1)], we therefore studied the influence of acetic acid on two complexes: (1) the N,N′-bis(3,5-di-tert-butylsalicylidene)-1,2-ethane-diamino CoII complex, [Co(2)], that lacks the cyclohexyl group of [Co(1)], and (2) the N′-disalicylidene-ethylenediamine CoII salen complex, [Co(3)], that lacks both the tertiary butyl groups and the cyclohexyl groups. It is shown that the cyclohexyl group of [Co(1)] is not involved in the formation or stabilization of the phenoxyl radical, whereas the tertiary butyl groups of [Co(1)] play a crucial role. In addition, the characteristics of the phenoxyl radical, formed after aerobic addition of acetic acid to [Co(2)], are analyzed in detail by pulsed electron paramagnetic resonance, in combination with isotopic labeling. The experimental data are compared to density functional theory computations and to previous data on the acid-mediated phenoxyl radical of [Co(1)].

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Chemistry
Subjects:	Q Science > QD Chemistry
Publisher:	Springer
ISSN:	0937-9347
Last Modified:	18 Oct 2022 13:12
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/12974

Citation Data

Cited 6 times in Scopus. View in Scopus. Powered By Scopus® Data

Actions (repository staff only)

Edit Item