[a] a-Diimine (1,4-diaza-1,3-butadiene) ligands are well established in main-group, transition-metal, and lanthanide chemistry. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7] Beside their application as ligands for latetransition-metal complexes, which can function as active and selective catalysts for a-olefin polymerization, [8] a-diimine and related ligands are of special interest due to their ability to undergo redox chemistry.[9] They have frequently been described as "non-innocent" ligands. [10][11][12] For example, in lanthanide chemistry, it has been found that the formal oxidation state of Eu [13] and Yb [14] depends on the nature of the substituents on the a-diimine ligand and on the ligand on the metal center. Thus, in both cases, the a-diimine acts either as neutral ligand or as radical anion. Reduction of adiimines, using either alkali metals or electrochemical methods, leads in each case to the corresponding radical anions [15][16][17][18] and eventually to diamagnetic dianions, [17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24] albeit at much more negative potentials. In contrast to the well-established chemistry of a-diimines, the related a-iminopyridines are much less investigated. The three different redox states of a-iminopyridines are shown in Scheme 1. The neutral system L 0 has been extensively used as ligand for late transition metals. [4,[25][26][27][28][29] Only recently, the monoanion LC À and the doubly reduced dianion L 2À were investigated as ligands in more detail. Recent reports showed a series of bis(a-iminopyridine)-metal complexes featuring aluminum [30] and the first-row transition ions (Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, and Zn) [31,32] with the monoanionic, and thus paramagnetic p-radical form of the ligand in coordination complexes. The a-iminopyridine N-2,6-diisopropylphenylimino-2-pyridine (IPy) has also been introduced in lanthanide chemistry. [33,34] In this context, a potassium derivative of the monoanionic form of a-iminopyridine was prepared in situ, but not further characterized.[34] The doubly reduced dianion has only been observed in two magnesium complexes so far. [35] In contrast, the reaction of "GaI" with a-iminopyridine leads to reductive coupling of the coordinated ligand to give neutral diamido-digallium complexes. [36] Based on this information, we were interested in a comprehensive study of the properties of the alkali metal salts of the monoanionic p-radical and the doubly reduced dianion of a-iminopyridine in solution and in the solid state. We report here the synthesis, characterization and magnetic properties of sodium and potassium salts of the mono-and dianionic a-iminopyridines.N-2,6-Diisopropylphenylimino-2-pyridine (IPy) was prepared according to literature procedures.[37] As a first entry point, we examined the electrochemical properties of IPy using cyclic voltammetry at room temperature in THF. As can be seen from Figure 1, we detected a quasi-reversible one-electron reduction process centered at E 0 1=2 = À2.57 V (vs. the ferrocene/ferrocenium couple, Fc/Fc + ), with a peakto-peak separation of 15...
The activation of the C≡N moiety in the redox-active metalloligand [CpRu{κ(3)N(pz)-1}][PF6] (2) (1: ambidentate hybrid ligand, N≡C-C(pz)3, with pz = pyrazolyl) was observed in the reaction with [Ir(cod)Cl]2 (cod = 1,5-cyclooctadiene). By performing detailed NMR spectroscopic and X-ray crystallographic investigations the product was found to be a bimetallic Ru(II)-Ir(III) complex of the composition [CpRu{μ-1}Ir(cod)Cl2][PF6] (3) consisting of a chemically modified ligand 1'. Most notably, the heterobimetallic complex 3 features an unprecedented metallacyclic alkyl-amido carbene (MCAAC) core structure, which is coordinated to an Ir(III) centre. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations as well as cyclic voltammetry (CV) studies were performed in an effort to establish the formal oxidation states of the metal atoms in 3. Indeed, a quasi-reversible oxidation wave was detected at E(1/2)(0) = 0.36 V, which was attributed to the Ru(II)/Ru(III) redox couple, while two irreversible reduction processes were observed at very negative potentials and have been assigned to the stepwise reduction of Ir(III) to Ir(I). First efforts to elucidate the reaction mechanism have also been performed.
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