Synthesis of magnesium catecholate and <Emphasis Type="Italic">o</Emphasis>-semiquinone complexes by oxidation of the metal with 3,6-di-<Emphasis Type="Italic">tert</Emphasis>-butyl-<Emphasis Type="Italic">o</Emphasis>-benzoquinone |
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Authors: | A V Piskunov A V Lado G A Abakumov V K Cherkasov O V Kuznetsova G K Fukin E V Baranov |
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Institution: | (1) G. A. Razuvaev Institute of Organometallic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 49 ul. Tropinina, 603950 Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Federation |
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Abstract: | Oxidation of amalgamated magnesium metal with 3,6-di-tert-butyl-o-benzoquinone (1) in different aprotic organic solvents afforded magnesium catecholate and bis-o-semiquinolate complexes. The catecholate derivatives of magnesium CatMgL2 (Cat is the 3,6-di-tert-butyl-o-benzoquinone dianion, L = THF or Py) were synthesized in high yields in pyridine and tetrahydrofuran, respectively. The reactions
in diethyl ether or dimethoxyethane produced hexacoordinated metal bis-o-semiquinolates SQ2MgLn (SQ is the 3,6-di-tert-butyl-o-benzoquinone radical anion, L = Et2O, n = 2; L = DME, n = 1). The reaction with the use of toluene as the solvent gave a magnesium bis-o-semiquinolate complex containing the coordinated unreduced o-quinone molecule. The molecular structures of the CatMgPy2]2 and SQ2Mg·DME complexes were established by X-ray diffraction.
Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 1, pp. 92–98, January, 2007. |
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Keywords: | o-benzoquinone magnesium o-semiquinolate catecholate ESR X-ray diffraction |
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