Morimoto Yuma, Takagi Yusaku, Saito Toru, Ohta Takehiro, Ogura Takashi, Tohnai Norimitsu, Nakano Motohiro, Itoh Shinobu
Department of Material and Life Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
Department of Biomedical Information Sciences, Graduate School of Information Sciences, Hiroshima City University, 3-4-1 Ozuka-Higashi, Asa-Minami-Ku, Hiroshima, 731-3194, Japan.
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2018 Jun 25;57(26):7640-7643. doi: 10.1002/anie.201802779. Epub 2018 May 22.
A bis(μ-oxido)dinickel(III) complex was synthesized and characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction, resonance Raman, and ESI-mass measurements. Magnetic susceptibility measurements by SQUID and EPR spectroscopy reveal that the complex has a triplet ground state, which is unprecedented for high-valent metal (M) complexes with [M (μ-O) ] diamond core. DFT studies indicate ferromagnetic coupling of the nickel(III) centers. The complex exhibits hydrogen abstraction reactivity and oxygenation reactivity toward external substrates.