Table 2. Redox Potentials of the Tromancenium Ions of This Study and the Parent Troticene, Trovacene and Trochrocenea,b.
compdb | Eox | Ered | solvent | further redox processes |
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[(Cht)Mn(Cp)]+ (9) | +0.70c | –1.61d | DMF | associated reduced form gives rise to a chemical follow product, which oxidizes at –0.52 V |
[(MeCht)Mn(Cp)]+ (10) | +0.69c | –1.62d | DMF | associated reduced form gives rise to a chemical follow product, which oxidizes at –0.55 V |
[(Cht)Mn(CpMe)]+ (11) | +0.68c | –1.66d | DMF | associated reduced form gives rise to a chemical follow product, which oxidizes at –0.54 V |
[(Cht)Mn(CpCOOMe)]+ (18) | +0.88c | –1.46d | CH3CN | associated reduced form gives a chemical follow product, which oxidizes at –0.44 V; further irreversible reduction peak at –2.50 V |
[(Cht)Mn(CpBr)]+ (19) | +0.93d | –1.49e | DMF | associated reduced form gives rise to a chemical follow product, which oxidizes at –0.31 V |
[(Cht)Mn(CpNH2)]+ (20) | +0.40 | –1.33 | DMF | additional oxidation wave at +0.65 V and reduction peaks at –1.84 V and –3.16 V |
[(Cht)Ti(Cp)] | –0.01d | –2.70e | THF | associated reduced form gives rise to a chemical follow product, which oxidizes at –2.47 V and regenerates the starting complex23b |
[(Cht)Ti(Cp*)] | –0.18d | –2.78e | THF | associated reduced form gives rise to a chemical follow product, which oxidizes at –2.56 V23b |
[(Cht)V(Cp)] | –0.23 | –3.04 | DME | further, chemically irreversible 2e– oxidation at ca. +0.61 V23b |
[(Cht)Cr(Cp)] | –1.10 | –3.38e | DME | associated anion rapidly forms (η6-C7H8)CrCp by proton abstraction; further oxidation as a chemically irreversible process at +1.10 V23b |
Potentials are given in volts and are calibrated against the Cp2Fe0/+ redox couple.
Cht = η7-cycloheptatrienyl, Cp = η5-cyclopentadienyl.
Half-wave potential of a chemically only partially reversible process.
Peak potential of a chemically irreversible redox process.
Potential calibration against the Cp2Fe0/+ redox couple.24c