Copper Versus Thioether??Centered Oxidation: Mechanistic Insights into the Non??Innocent Redox Behavior of Tripodal Benzimidazolylaminothioether Ligands

PR Martínez??Alanis, BN Sánchez Eguía…

Index: Martinez-Alanis, Paulina R.; Sanchez Eguia, Brenda N.; Ugalde-Saldivar, Victor M.; Regla, Ignacio; Demare, Patricia; Aullon, Gabriel; Castillo, Ivan Chemistry - A European Journal, 2013 , vol. 19, # 19 p. 6067 - 6079

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Abstract

Abstract A series of Cu+ complexes with ligands that feature varying numbers of benzimidazole/thioether donors and methylene or ethylene linkers between the central nitrogen atom and the thioether sulfur atoms have been spectroscopically and electrochemically characterized. Cyclic voltammetry measurements indicated that the highest Cu 2+/Cu+ redox potentials correspond to sulfur-rich coordination environments, ...