Bk. Bennett et al., Electrochemical and reactivity comparisons among isoelectronic oxo, imido,and nitrido complexes of rhenium and osmium, J ORGMET CH, 591(1-2), 1999, pp. 96-103
Cyclic voltammetry has been used to study the electrochemical properties of
29 isoelectronic and isostructural osmium(VI)-nitrido, rhenium(lr)-oxo, an
d rhenium(V)-imido complexes of the form Tp(()*M-)(E)(X)(Y) [Tp(()*()) = Tp
, HB(pz)(3); or Tp*, HB(3,5-Me(2)pz)(3)]. Oxidations from d(2) to d(1) spec
ies are typically reversible or quasi-reversible, while reductions to d(3)
species are usually irreversible. The E-1/2 values for oxidation vary from
> + 2 V for TpOs(N)(Cl)(2) to - 0.11 V for TpRe(Ntolyl)(Ph)(Me) (vs. Cp2Fe , 0 in MeCN/(Bu4NPF6)-Bu-n). The potentials follow simple trends, Os(N) >
Re(O) > Re(Ntolyl) and Tp > Tp*. Potentials for TpM(E)(X)(Y) are also affec
ted by the X and Y ligands, with OTf > Cl congruent to I > Ph > alkyl, corr
elating with the Hammett a values for X and Y. In contrast, peak potentials
for reduction of the compounds (ca. - 1.0 to - 1.5 V) do not follow simple
patterns. The reactivity of these complexes as inner-sphere oxidants does
not correlate with their peak reduction potentials. Rather. the ease of oxi
dation of the compounds better parallels their reactivity as oxidants. (C)
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