Dinuclear Nickel Complexes in Five States of Oxidation Using a Redox-Active Ligand

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Abstract

Redox-active nitrogen donor ligands have exhibited broad utility in stabilizing transition metal complexes in unusual formal oxidation states and enabling multielectron redox reactions. In this report, we extend these principles to dinuclear complexes using a naphthyridine-diimine (NDI) framework. Treatment of ((i-Pr)NDI) with Ni(COD)2 (2.0 equiv) yields a Ni(I)-Ni(I) complex in which the two metal centers form a single bond and the ((i-Pr)NDI) ligand is doubly reduced. A homologous series of ((i-Pr)NDI)Ni2 complexes in five oxidation states were synthesized and structurally characterized. Across this series, the ligand ranges from a neutral state in the most oxidized member to a dianionic state in the most reduced. The interplay between metal- and ligand-centered redox activity is interrogated using a variety of experimental techniques in combination with density functional theory models.

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