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Is ligand topology an influence on the redox potentials of copper complexes?
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Is ligand topology an influence on the redox potentials of copper complexes?

Anthony W. Addison
Inorganica Chimica Acta, v 162(2), pp 217-220
1989

Abstract

The known redox potentials of selected Cu 2+/Cu + couples complexed with N-, S- and O-donor ligands are empirically correlated with various characteristics of the ligands. Closed (macrocyclic) ligand topology has little significant effect on the E 1/2 values, but certain branched (tripodal) ligands show a marked influence on the complexes’ redox potentials, generally raising E 1/2 by a few hundred millivolts. Comparison of the empirically computed E 1/2 for the [Cu- (1,4,7-trithiacyclononane)] 2+/+ couple with an observed value (+0.465 V versus SCE) suggests that the effect of tripod ligands on E 1/2 is related to the three- fold pseudosymmetry of the donor atoms’ dispositions.

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