Affiliation:
1. Razuvaev Institute of Organometallic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
2. Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991, Moscow, Russia
Abstract
The exchange reactions of 4,6-di-tert-butylpyrocatechols containing in position 3 different N‑aryliminomethyl groups (aryl is p-halophenyl; halogen is fluorine (I), chlorine (II), bromine (III), and iodine (IV); p-tolyl (V)) with copper(II) acetate in a molar ratio of 2 : 1 afford planar square copper(II) o‑iminophenolate complexes of the general formula [(R-CatH)2Cu], where R is the aryl substituent in the Ar–N=CH group. The molecular structures of complexes I, III, and V in the crystalline state are determined by X-ray diffraction (XRD) (CIF files CCDC nos. 2227448 (I), 2226727 (III), and 2227449 (V)). The electrochemical properties of compounds I–V are studied by cyclic voltammetry.
Publisher
The Russian Academy of Sciences