Synthesis and Electrochemistry of 2,2'-Bipyridyl Complexes of Dioxorhenium(V). Revision
Abstract
The rhenium(V) bipyridyl(bpy) complexes (BPY) (PY)2Re(O)2CLO4 and (bpy) (3 - pySO3)2Re(O)2(Na).2H2O have been prepared by reaction of 2,2' - bipyridine with trans -(PY)4Re(O)2CL and trans-(3-PYSO3)4Re(O)2 (Na)3 in methanol or methanol/water solutions (py = pyridine, 3-pySO3 = 3 pyridinesulfonate). Despite the seemingly trivial change in coordination environment the bpy-containing complexes were found to behave very differently than the corresponding tetrapyridyl complexes. For example, the pH-independent formal potential for reduction of Re (VI) to Re(V) was lowered by some 600 mV. On the other hand, the pH-dependent potential for the Re(V/III) couple increased by ca. 200 mV upon bpy coordination. The V/III couple also became considerably more reversible (kinetically) in its electrochemical response. The Re(III/II) potential was also shifted in the positive direction. At high pH's, the V/III and III/II couples coalesced to yield the first example of three-electron redox behavior in rhenium chemistry. By analogy with known dioxo-osmium complexes, both the thermodynamic and kinetic electrochemical effects were attributed to a relative destabilization of the inaccessible Re(IV) oxidation state following bpy coordination. It was proposed that the destabilization is induced by trans to cis isomerization. The cis dioxo configuration has only rarely been seen in d2 coordination chemistry, and never for hexacoordinate rhenium. (AW)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1989
- Accession Number
- ADA213186
Entities
People
- Christopher S. Johnson
- Joseph T. Hupp
- M. S. Ram
- Robert L. Blackbourn
Organizations
- Northwestern University