Copper(ii) complexes of a polydentate imidazole-based ligand. pH effect on magnetic coupling and catecholase activity |
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Authors: | Mijangos Edgar Reedijk Jan Gasque Laura |
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Institution: | Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, México D. F, 04510, México. |
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Abstract: | A potentially dodecadentate N8O4-donor ligand obtained from 2,2'-biimidazole and l-valine and its tetranuclear Cu(ii) complexes in different degrees of protonation were characterized by chemical and spectroscopic methods. The extensive solution studies performed reveal that the rise in pH media leads successively to the formation of imidazolato (pKa(1) and pKa(2) and hydroxido (pKa(3) and pKa(4)) bridges. A frozen solution EPR study shows a decrease in the signal intensity until an EPR silent spectrum is observed, upon increasing the basicity of the solution. The catalytic performance of the oxidation of 3,5-di-tert-butylcatechol to its corresponding quinone was studied using UV-Vis-NIR absorption spectroscopic methods in CH3CN-H2O and in CH3OH-H2O at pH = 7.5, 8.0 and 8.5. A marked increase in activity, consistent with the formation of the hydroxide bridged species, is observed at pH = 8.5 in both solvent mixtures, but the activity is significantly higher in CH3OH-H2O. |
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