First reductive dimerization of a polycyclic azine

Jean Claude Berthet (1) , Pierre Thuéry (1) , Cécile Baudin (2) , Bruno Boizot (2) , Michel Ephritikhine (1)

1 LCCEf - Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination des Eléments f (LCF)
2 LSI - Laboratoire des Solides Irradiés

The tptz molecule is reduced by potassium into its anion-radical in the compound K(tptz)2 (1), whereas it is reductively coupled by SmI2 and UI3(py)4 into the bis-triazinide ligand in the dinuclear complexes [Sm2(tptz– tptz)(DMF)8][I]4·3.5DMF (2·3.5DMF) and U2I6(tptz– tptz)(MeCN)2·2MeCN (3·2MeCN) where each metal ion occupies a pentadentate N5 cavity of the [tptz–tptz]2– ligand.

Domains: Coordination chemistry

Jean Claude Berthet, Pierre Thuéry, Cécile Baudin, Bruno Boizot, Michel Ephritikhine. First reductive dimerization of a polycyclic azine. Dalton Transactions, 2009, 37, pp.7613. ⟨10.1039/b909547k⟩. ⟨hal-00492628⟩