From Organotransition-Metal Chemistry Toward Molecular Electronics: Electronic Communication Between Ligand-Bridged Metals
From Organotransition-Metal Chemistry Toward Molecular Electronics: Electronic Communication Between Ligand-Bridged Metals
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从有机过渡金属化学到分子电子学:配体桥金属之间的电子通信
DOI:
10.1002/chin.199748291
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1997
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D. Astruc
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作者:
D. Astruc
The molecular sciences of the transition metals have potential applications in a new fascinating field: molecular electronics. 1, 2 This hope is based “inter alia” on the fact that the oxidation states of transition metals can be varied to a great extent and thus that many electrontransfer processes can result. 2 By suitable molecular engineering, it should become possible to assemble and tune molecular devices including transition metals and organize their interface with the macroscopic world. The interplay between light, electron transfer, and magnetooptic properties will then provide efficient and precise molecular sensors for the various needs of future technology. 1-5In this context, we wish to examine the electronic properties of simple bimetallic model systems and the electronic communication between the two metals across a delocalized bridging ligand in these molecules. This is the subject of the present Account, which will address the following questions:(i) Can one design simple ligandbridged bimetallic complexes as good models for molecular conductors?(ii) What factors control the electronic communication between the two metals across a delocalized ligand?(iii) What are the consequences and applications of single-and multiple-electron transfers in such systems?(iv) Can the molecular electronics of hydrocarbon-bridged bimetallic complexes be, in turn, useful for their organometallic chemistry (ie, synthesis, catalysis, and mechanistic studies)? Electron-transfer processes between two redox centers have been examined with various linkers: simple inorganic atoms or ligands such as, for instance, pyrazine, 4, 4′-bipyridine, 6 polyenes including-carotene, 7 polyphenyls, 8 polyynes, 9 and polyaromatics. 10 Long-range electron-