Redox isomerism in the lanthanide complex [(dpp-Bian)Yb(DME)(mu-Br)]2 (dpp-Bian = 1,2-bis[(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)imino]acenaphthene)

Igor L Fedushkin; Olga V Maslova; Eugeny V Baranov; Andrei S Shavyrin

doi:10.1021/ic900022s

Redox isomerism in the lanthanide complex [(dpp-Bian)Yb(DME)(mu-Br)]2 (dpp-Bian = 1,2-bis[(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)imino]acenaphthene)

Inorg Chem. 2009 Mar 16;48(6):2355-7. doi: 10.1021/ic900022s.

Authors

Igor L Fedushkin¹, Olga V Maslova, Eugeny V Baranov, Andrei S Shavyrin

Affiliation

¹ G. A. Razuvaev Institute of Organometallic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Tropinina 49, 603950 Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Federation. igorfed@iomc.ras.ru

PMID: 19216513
DOI: 10.1021/ic900022s

Abstract

Ytterbium reacts with 1,2-bis[(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)imino]acenaphthene (1, dpp-Bian) in 1,2-dimethoxyethane (DME) to give complex (dpp-Bian)Yb(DME)(2) (2). Oxidation of 2 with an 0.5 mol equivalent of dibromostilbene affords dimeric compound [(dpp-Bian)Yb(DME)(mu-Br)](2) (3). Molecular structures of 2 and 3 were determined by single-crystal X-ray analysis. In complex 3 in a DME solution, a temperature-dependent reversible intramolecular electron transfer between the ligand and the metal takes place.