Abstract
The redox properties of the title mono- and binuclear copper(II) chelates have been investigated by cyclic voltammetry in DMF at a working platinum electrode. The cathodic reduction and anodic oxidation of the investigated chelates produced the corresponding electrochemical Cu I and Cu III species stable only in the voltammetric time scale, The effects of substituents on E1/2, redox properties and stability towards oxidation of the complexes were related to the electron-withdrawing or releasing ability of the substituents on the C=N1[H, CH3 or C6H5] and/or N4H [H, C2H5, C6H5 or pClC6H4] groups, The electron attracting substituents stabilize the Cu(II) complexes while electron-donating groups favor oxidation to Cu(III). Changes in the E1/2 for the complexes due to remote substituent effects could be related to changes in basicity of N4H.Thus, variation in N41-J has more influence on E1/2 than changes in C=N1. The correlation between E1/2 of the complexes and pK a of the ligands has been attributed to the spherical potential generated by the electron density of the donor atoms at the antibonding d orbitals.
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