Preparation of some dimethylformamide- and dimethylsulfoxide-Cr(III)-ammine complexes and aquation kinetics of Cr(NH3)5(DMF)3+ and trans-Cr(NH3)4(DMF)Cl2+

Riccieri, Pietro; Zinato, Edoardo

doi:10.1016/0022-1902(81)80214-x

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“…The solvatochromism of the absorption spectrum is evident in Table and Figure . The LF bands are ordinarily regarded as little solvent sensitive, as tends to be substantiated by occasional reports on chromium(III) cations, − with the exception of fluoride-containing species, where the LF strength of the F - ligand is altered by hydrogen bonding with H 2 O. − The available data on negative compounds, such as Cr(CN) 6 3- , , Cr(CN) 5 (NH 3 ) 2- , and trans -Cr(NH 3 ) 2 (NCS) 4 - , do show more significant variations, like those observed here. The increase of the LF transition energy on passing from nonaqueous to aqueous environments, that is, the intensified ligand perturbation on the metal ion, is ascribed to tightening of the second coordination sphere by hydrogen bond formation between CN - and H 2 O.…”

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Pentacyano(pyridine)chromate(III): Synthesis, Characterization, and Photochemistry

1997

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The Cr(CN)(5)(py)(2)(-) anion (py = pyridine) has been prepared by acid-promoted methanolysis of Cr(CN)(6)(3)(-) followed by reaction with pyridine, isolated as the potassium salt, and characterized by absorption spectra (lambda(max): 403 and 256 nm in H(2)O; 411 nm in Me(2)SO) and phosphorescence, observed in Me(2)SO (lambda(max), 774 nm; tau = 56 &mgr;s at 20 degrees C) but not in H(2)O. In acid aqueous solution the complex decomposes stepwise to Cr(H(2)O)(5)(py)(3+); by contrast, the thermal reaction in Me(2)SO leads to Cr(CN)(5)(Me(2)SO)(2)(-) with first-order kinetics (k(25) = 9.8 x 10(-)(7) s(-)(1), DeltaH() = 138 +/- 8 kJ mol(-)(1)). Ligand-field (LF) band irradiation results in substitution of py and CN(-). The quantum yields, measured by ligand analysis, spectrophotometry, and HPLC, are as follows: Phi(py) = 0.08, Phi(CN) = 0.01 in H(2)O (pH 7.2, phosphate buffer) and Phi(py) = 0.04, Phi(CN) = 0.002 in Me(2)SO. The preference for py release obeys the prediction of the Vanquickenborne-Ceulemans, additive angular overlap model (AOM). A notable feature of this complex is that both types of ligands are pi acceptors, and the pi effect of py on bond labilization is evidenced by comparison with the photolysis of Cr(CN)(5)(NH(3))(2)(-). Irradiation of the intense UV absorption due to overlap of charge-transfer (CT) and pi --> pi, py localized transitions causes the increase of both quantum yields, suggesting the involvement of higher-energy states besides the LF ones. Co(sep)(3+) (sep = 1,3,6,8,10,13,16,19-octaazabicyclo[6.6.6]eicosane = sepulchrate) quenches the phosphorescence (k(q) = 1.6 x 10(9) M(-)(1) s(-)(1)) but has no effect on the photoreaction efficiencies: the photochemistry is thus inferred to originate entirely from the lowest quartet excited state(s) in competition with intersystem crossing. The marked solvent effects on the absorption spectrum, on the emission behavior, on the thermal reactivity, on the photolysis quantum yields, and, in particular, on the Phi(py)/Phi(CN) ratio, are discussed in terms of the proneness of the cyanide ligand to either protonation or hydrogen bonding and of solvent orientation toward anionic complexes.

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