Issue 15, 2018

Structure and nitrite reduction reactivity study of bio-inspired copper(i)–nitro complexes in steric and electronic considerations of tridentate nitrogen ligands

Abstract

Two copper(I)–nitro complexes [Tpm3-tBuCu(NO2)] (1) and [(Ph3P)2N][Tp3-tBuCu(NO2)] (2), containing steric bulky neutral tris(3-tert-butylpyrazolyl)methane and anionic hydrotris(3-tert-butylpyrazolyl)borate ligands, have been synthesized and characterized. Complex 2 adopts a unique κ2-binding mode of Tp3-tBu around the copper(I)–nitro environment in the solid state and shows a four-coordinated tetrahedral geometry surrounded by a nitro and three pz3-tBu groups in solution. Both complexes 1 and 2 allow for the stoichiometric reduction of NO2 to NO with H+ addition. The results of this effort show that increasing steric bulk and electron donation properties on the nitrogen ancillary ligand will improve the nitrite reduction ability of the copper(I)–nitro model complexes.

Graphical abstract: Structure and nitrite reduction reactivity study of bio-inspired copper(i)–nitro complexes in steric and electronic considerations of tridentate nitrogen ligands

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
12 Oct 2017
Accepted
08 Mar 2018
First published
08 Mar 2018

Dalton Trans., 2018,47, 5335-5341

Structure and nitrite reduction reactivity study of bio-inspired copper(I)–nitro complexes in steric and electronic considerations of tridentate nitrogen ligands

Y. Chang, Y. Lin, W. Chuang, C. Kao, M. Narwane, H. Chen, M. Y. Chiang and S. C. N. Hsu, Dalton Trans., 2018, 47, 5335 DOI: 10.1039/C7DT03843G

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