π-Conjugated trinuclear group-9 metalladithiolenes with a triphenylene backbone.
π-Conjugated trinuclear group-9 metalladithiolenes with a triphenylene backbone.
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DOI:
10.1021/ic400110z
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发表时间:
2013-06
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4.6
通讯作者:
R. Sakamoto;Tetsuya Kambe;Satoru Tsukada;K. Takada;K. Hoshiko;Y. Kitagawa;M. Okumura;H. Nishihara
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R. Sakamoto;Tetsuya Kambe;Satoru Tsukada;K. Takada;K. Hoshiko;Y. Kitagawa;M. Okumura;H. Nishihara
Previously, we synthesized π-conjugated trinuclear metalladithiolene complexes based on benzenehexathiol (J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans.1998, 2651; Dalton Trans.2009, 1939; Inorg. Chem.2011, 50, 6856). Here we report trinuclear complexes with a triphenylene backbone. A reaction with triphenylenehexathiol and group 9 metal precursors in the presence of triethylamine gives rise to trinuclear complexes 9-11. The planar structure of 11 is determined using single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. The ligand-to-metal charge transfer bands of 9-11 move to longer wavelengths compared with those of mononuclear 12-14. Electrochemical measurements disclose that the one-electron and two-electron reduced mixed-valent states are stabilized thermodynamically. UV-vis-NIR spectroscopy for the reduced species of 9 identifies intervalence charge transfer bands for 9(-) and 9(2-), substantiating the existence of electronic communication among the three metal nuclei. These observations prove that the triphenylene backbone transmits π-conjugation among the three metalladithiolene units.