De Tovar Jonathan, Philouze Christian, Thibon-Pourret Aurore, Belle Catherine
Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, DCM, UMR 5250, 38000 Grenoble, France.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2024 Feb 20;60(16):2228-2231. doi: 10.1039/d3cc06264c.
A family of bis(μ-hydroxido)dicopper(II,II) complexes bearing a naphthyridine-based scaffold has been synthesized and characterized. Cyclic voltammetry reveals that the nature of the anions present in the complexes plays a pivotal role in their electrochemical properties. X-ray diffraction, spectroscopic and electrochemical analysis data support the formation of intimate ion pairs by non-covalent interactions driving to a 270 mV difference for the potential required to monooxidize the CuCu species.
