The emeraldine base of poly(o-toluidine) and N,N'-bis(4'-dimethylaminopheny
l)-1,4-quinonediimine were demonstrated to undergo oxidative complexation t
o VCl3, affording the corresponding conjugated complexes. The complexation
proceeds via reduction of the quinonediimine moiety with oxidation of V(III
)-V(IV), in which the vanadium species is considered to play an important r
ole in both the complexation and reduction. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V.
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