A series of eight-coordinate complexes of molybdenum with 1, 1-dithio
ligands are prepared and characterized by electrochemical and spectroscopic
methods. Cyclic voltammetry in acetonitrile and methylene
chloride solvents reveals reversible metal-based Mo (VI)/Mo(V) and
Mo(V)/Mo(IV) electron transfers. Half-wave potentials are linear
functions of electron withdrawing and donating parameters of the ligand
substituent groups, but do not correlate with charge transfer, vibrational,
or electron paramagnetic resonance spectral data. A linear
relationship does exist between electrochemical half-wave potentials
and Mo 3d and S 2p x-ray photoelectron binding energies. The results
suggest that ligands control half-wave potentials in these complexes
by inductive charge donation to the metal center through bonds not
directly involved in the redox process.
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