Intramolecular electron transfer in Cu(II) complexes with aryl-imidazo-1,10-phenanthroline derivatives: experimental and quantum chemical calculation studiesстатья
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Аннотация:1H-imidazo[4,5-f][1,10]phenanthrolines containing phenyl- (1), 4-(N,N-dimethylamino)phenyl- (2), 4-(azadithiacrownether)
phenyl- (3) 3,4-dimethoxyphenyl- (4) and 2,2’-bithiophen-5-yl- (5) were synthesized and their Cu(II) complexes were
studied to determine the effect of substituent, geometry of complex and solvent nature on the spectral and redox
properties of the copper complexes. It was found that in case of 4-(N,N-dimethylamino)phenyl- and 4-(azadithiacrownether)
phenyl substituents the formation of L2Cu2+ complex of pseudo-tetrahedral geometry causes the appearance of an
intense metal-to-ligand charge transfer (MLCT) band at the visible region and induces a positive shift in the reduction
potential providing the occurrence of autoreduction of Cu(II). Density functional theory (DFT) and its extension to time
dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT) were performed to study the molecular structure, electronic and
spectroscopic properties of copper with the 4-(N,N-dimethylamino)phenyl-1H-imidazo[4,5-f][1,10]phenanthroline ligand
(2). The calculation results are in agreement with those obtained from optical measurements. Electrochemical study
showed that the autoreduction is observed when Cu2+/Cu+ transfer and oxidation of ligand occur at the closed
electrochemical condition.