Spectroscopic characterization of a copper(III) trisuperoxide complex bearing both side-on and end-on ligands

Yu Gong; Guanjun Wang; Mingfei Zhou

doi:10.1021/jp902166x

Spectroscopic characterization of a copper(III) trisuperoxide complex bearing both side-on and end-on ligands

J Phys Chem A. 2009 May 7;113(18):5355-9. doi: 10.1021/jp902166x.

Authors

Yu Gong¹, Guanjun Wang, Mingfei Zhou

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysts and Innovative Materials, Advanced Materials Laboratory, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.

PMID: 19366239
DOI: 10.1021/jp902166x

Abstract

The copper atom reacts with dioxygen in solid argon to form a mononuclear copper dioxygen complex Cu(eta(2)-O(2))(eta(1)-O(2))(2) bearing both side-on and end-on bonded O(2) ligands. The complex is characterized as being a trisuperoxide species with the copper center in its unusual +3 oxidation state. The Cu(III) trisuperoxide complex loses an end-on bonded superoxo ligand in forming the copper bisdioxygen complex under infrared irradiation.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Absorption
Argon / chemistry
Copper / chemistry*
Ligands
Models, Molecular
Molecular Conformation
Organometallic Compounds / chemistry*
Quantum Theory
Spectrophotometry, Infrared
Superoxides / chemistry*
Vibration

Substances

Ligands
Organometallic Compounds
Superoxides
Argon
Copper