Mn(iv) and Mn(v)-radical species supported by the redox non-innocent bis(2-amino-3,5-di-tert-butylphenyl)amine pincer ligand

Nicolas Leconte; Jules Moutet; Khrystyna Herasymchuk; Ryan M Clarke; Christian Philouze; Dominique Luneau; Tim Storr; Fabrice Thomas

doi:10.1039/c7cc00516d

Mn(iv) and Mn(v)-radical species supported by the redox non-innocent bis(2-amino-3,5-di-tert-butylphenyl)amine pincer ligand

Chem Commun (Camb). 2017 Feb 28;53(18):2764-2767. doi: 10.1039/c7cc00516d.

Authors

Nicolas Leconte¹, Jules Moutet¹, Khrystyna Herasymchuk², Ryan M Clarke², Christian Philouze¹, Dominique Luneau³, Tim Storr², Fabrice Thomas¹

Affiliations

¹ Département de Chimie Moléculaire - Chimie Inorganique Redox (CIRE) - UMR CNRS 5250, UniversitéJoseph Fourier, B. P. 53, 38041 Grenoble cedex 9, France. nicolas.leconte@univ-grenoble-alpes.fr fabrice.thomas@univ-grenoble-alpes.fr.
² Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6, Canada.
³ Laboratoire des Multimatériaux et Interfaces (UMR CNRS 5615), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 69622 Villeurbanne cedex, France.

PMID: 28210727
DOI: 10.1039/c7cc00516d

Abstract

The electron-rich pincer ligand 1 has been synthesized and chelated to manganese. The octahedral Mn(iv) bis(diiminosemiquinonate) and Mn(v) (diiminobenzoquinone) (diiminosemiquinonate) radicals were structurally characterized.