Bond-Stretch Isomerism: Trapped Isomeric Structures of Hexacoordinate Copper(II) Bispidine Chromophores along a Jahn-Teller Active Vibrational Coordinate

Comba, Peter; Hauser, Andreas; Kerscher, Marion; Pritzkow, Hans

doi:10.1002/anie.200351900

Scientific article

English

Bond-Stretch Isomerism: Trapped Isomeric Structures of Hexacoordinate Copper(II) Bispidine Chromophores along a Jahn-Teller Active Vibrational Coordinate

ContributorsComba, Peter; Hauser, Andreas; Kerscher, Marion; Pritzkow, Hans

Published inAngewandte Chemie, vol. 42, no. 37, p. 4536-4540

Publication date2003

Abstract

The long and the short of it: Copper(II) complexes of the pentadentate bispidine ligands exist in two isomeric forms (see structure) with bond-length differences up to 0.5 Å. The stabilization of either isomer may be achieved by a variation of the substituent at N7.

Keywords

Coordination chemistry
Copper
Jahn-Teller effects
N ligands

Affiliation entities

Faculté des sciences / Section de chimie et biochimie / Département de chimie physique

Research groups

Groupe Hauser

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COMBA, Peter et al. Bond-Stretch Isomerism: Trapped Isomeric Structures of Hexacoordinate Copper(II) Bispidine Chromophores along a Jahn-Teller Active Vibrational Coordinate. In: Angewandte Chemie, 2003, vol. 42, n° 37, p. 4536–4540. doi: 10.1002/anie.200351900

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PID : unige:3511
DOI : 10.1002/anie.200351900

Journal ISSN1433-7851

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Bond-Stretch Isomerism: Trapped Isomeric Structures of Hexacoordinate Copper(II) Bispidine Chromophores along a Jahn-Teller Active Vibrational Coordinate

The long and the short of it: Copper(II) complexes of the pentadentate bispidine ligands exist in two isomeric forms (see structure) with bond-length differences up to 0.5 Å. The stabilization of either isomer may be achieved by a variation of the substituent at N7.

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