Spectroscopic properties and electronic structure of the cycloheptatrienyl molybdenum alkynyl complexes [Mo(C≡CR)(Ph2PCH 2CH2PPh2)(η-C7H 7)]n+ (n = O or 1; R = But, Fc, CO 2Me, or C6H4-4-X, X = NH2, OMe, Me, H, CHO, CO2Me)

Neil J. Browne, David Collison, Ruth Edge, Emma C. Fitzgerald, Madeleine Helliwell, Judith A K Howard, Hannah N. Lancashire, Paul J. Low, Joseph J W McDouall, James Raftery, Charlene A. Smith, Dmitry S. Yufit, Mark W. Whiteley

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    Abstract

    A series of molybdenum alkynyl complexes [Mo(C≡CR)(dppe)(η-C 7H7)] featuring a range of alkynyl substituents R with varying electron-donating and -withdrawing properties have been prepared. Oxidation of representative members of the series to the corresponding 17-electron radical cations has been achieved through both chemical oxidation and in situ spectroelectrochemical methods. The largely metal-centered character of the HOMO in this class of compounds has been established through a combination of experimental measurements (IR, UV-vis-NIR, EPR spectroscopies) and DFT-based calculations and rationalized in terms of the stabilization of the metal dxy, dyz, dxz, and dX2-y 2 through π- and δ-interactions with the C7H 7 ring and concomitant destablization of the d Z2 orbital. © 2010 American Chemical Society.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1261-1276
    Number of pages15
    JournalOrganometallics
    Volume29
    Issue number5
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 8 Mar 2010

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