Twin salphen: asymmetric heterodinuclear complexes {M(a)M(b)L | M(a), M(b) = Ni, Cu, Zn} of a symmetrically fused salphen ligand

Hirohiko Houjou; Muneyuki Ito; Koji Araki

doi:10.1021/ic901937p

Twin salphen: asymmetric heterodinuclear complexes {M(a)M(b)L | M(a), M(b) = Ni, Cu, Zn} of a symmetrically fused salphen ligand

Inorg Chem. 2009 Nov 16;48(22):10703-7. doi: 10.1021/ic901937p.

Authors

Hirohiko Houjou¹, Muneyuki Ito, Koji Araki

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan. houjou@iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp

PMID: 19831386
DOI: 10.1021/ic901937p

Abstract

Heterodinuclear complexes of a fully pi-conjugated salphen ligand were efficiently synthesized with arbitrary combinations of Ni(II), Cu(II), and Zn(II). The UV-vis spectra of the heterodinuclear complexes were approximately represented by a simple average of the spectra of the corresponding homodinuclear complexes. Systematic analysis of the spectra highlighted weak intracomplex interactions through the pi-conjugated system of the ligand.