Macrocyclic Thiophene-Appended Cyanido-Bridged CoIII/FeII Complexes: Precursors to Mixed-valent Poly-thiophene Hybrid Materials
The new cyanido-bridged mixed valent FeII/CoIII macrocyclic complexes [L2CoIII(μ-NC)FeII(CN)5]– and trans-[L2CoIII(μ-NC)FeII(CN)4(μ-CN)CoIIIL2]2+ have been prepared and characterized spectroscopically. The trinuclear complex trans-[L2Co(μ-NC)Fe(CN)4(μ-CN)CoL2](ClO4)2·11H2O has been characterized crystallographically. The di- and trinuclear complexes exhibit metal-to-metal charge transfer transitions characteristic of Class II mixed valent chromophores and their redox and spectroscopic properties have been analyzed by Hush theory. The thiophene group attached to the macrocycle L2 in these complexes may serve as a precursor to conducting polythiophene-based hybrid materials incorporating redox active transition metal ions.