Cobalt(II) and nickel(II) chloride complexes with some 2-(4′-Methyl-2′-pyridyl and 2′- or 8′-quinolyl)benz-X-azoles

Summary Complexes of general formula ML_mCl₂ · nH₂O, where M=cobalt(II) or nickel(II); L=2-(4-methyl, 2-pyridyl)-benzimidazole (mpbi), 2-(4-methyl, 2-pyridyl)benzothiazole (mpbt), 2-(4-methyl, 2-pyridyl)benzoxazole (mpbo), 2-(4-methyl, 2-quinolyl)benzoxazole (mqbo), or 2-(4-methyl, 8-quinolyl)benzoxazole (mqbo); m=1,2; n=0–3, were prepared and characterized by t.g.a., conductance and magnetic measurements, i.r. and diffuse-reflectance electronic spectra.All the ligands behave as bidentate and coordinate through the pyridine- and isoxazole-nitrogen atoms.The nickel complexes have distorted octahedral or fivecoordinate structures. The cobalt complexes arepseudo-tet- rahedral except Co(mpbo)₂Cl₂·2H₂O where the metal is six-coordinate.     

Synthesis and characterization of cobalt(II) and copper(II) complexes with 5-amino-3,4-dimethylisoxazole

Summary Complexes of cobalt(II) and copper(II) with 5-amino-3,4-dimethylisoxazole (5-ADI) have been prepared and studied by means of magnetic susceptibility measurements, near and far i.r. spectra, electronic spectroscopy and, when possible, conductivity measurements. The 5-ADI generally behaves as bridging (N_ring-, O- or N_ring-, -NH₂) ligand. All the complexes have an octahedral sterochemistry, except Co(5-ADI)₂X₂ (X = Cl, Br), Co₂(5-ADI)₇I₄ which are tetrahedral and Cu(5-ADI)₂ (ClO₄)₂ · 4 H₂O which is square planar.     

One-pot four-component reaction: aqueous TiCl3/PhN2+-mediated alkyl radical addition to imines generated in situ

Ti(III)-induced free-radical decomposition of a phenyldiazonium salt, followed by phenyl radical iodine-atom abstraction from alkyl iodides, leads to a one-pot selective alkyl radical addition to the C-atom of imines generated in situ under aqueous acidic conditions. [reaction: see text]     

Ruthenium(II) dendrimers containing carbazole-based chromophores as branches

Three new luminescent and redox-active Ru(II) complexes containing novel dendritic polypyridine ligands have been synthesized, and their absorption spectra, luminescence properties (both at room temperature in fluid solution and at 77 K in rigid matrix), and redox behavior have been investigated. The dendritic ligands are made of 1,10-phenanthroline coordinating subunits and of carbazole groups as branching sites. The first and second generation species of this novel class of dendritic ligands (L1 and L2, respectively; see Figure 1 for their structural formulas) have been prepared and employed. The metal dendrimers investigated are [Ru(bpy)(2)(L1)](2+) (1; bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine), [Ru(bpy)(2)(L2)](2+) (2), and [Ru(L1)(3)](2+) (3; see Figure 2). For the sake of completeness and comparison purposes, also the absorption spectra, redox behavior, and luminescence properties of L1 and L2 have been studied, together with the properties of 3,6-di(tert-butyl)carbazole (L0) and [Ru(bpy)(2)(phen)](2+) (4, phen = 1,10-phenanthroline). The absorption spectra of the free dendritic ligands show features which can be assigned to the various subunits (i.e., carbazole and phenanthroline groups) and additional bands at lower energies (at lambda > 300 nm) which are assigned to carbazole-to-phenanthroline charge-transfer (CT) transitions. These latter bands are significantly red-shifted upon acid and/or zinc acetate addition. Both L1 and L2 exhibit relatively intense luminescence at room temperature in fluid solution (lifetimes in the nanosecond time scale, quantum yields of the order of 10(-2)-10(-1)) and at 77 K in rigid matrix (lifetimes in the millisecond time scale). Such a luminescence is assigned to CT states at room temperature and to phenanthroline-centered pi-pi triplet levels at 77 K. The room-temperature luminescence of L1 and L2 is totally quenched by acid or zinc acetate. The metal dendrimers exhibit the typical absorption and luminescence properties of Ru(II) polypyridine complexes. In particular, metal-to-ligand charge-transfer (MLCT) bands dominate the visible absorption spectra, and formally triplet MLCT levels govern the excited-state properties. Excitation spectroscopy evidences that all the light absorbed by the dendritic branches is transferred with unitary efficiency to the luminescent MLCT states in 1-3, showing that the new metal dendrimers can be regarded as efficient light-harvesting antenna systems. All the free ligands and metal dendrimers exhibit a rich redox behavior (except L2 and 3, whose redox behavior was not investigated because of solubility reasons), with clearly attributable reversible carbazole- and metal-centered oxidation and polypyridine-centered reduction processes. The electronic interaction between the carbazole redox-active sites of the dendritic ligands is affected by Ru(II) coordination.