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<strong>XII</strong> <strong>Iberian</strong> <strong>Meeting</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Electrochemistry</strong> & <strong>XVI</strong> <strong>Meeting</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Portuguese Electrochemical Society PE 07<br />

Electrochemical behaviour <strong>of</strong> novel scorpionate and pyrazole<br />

dioxovanadium complexes<br />

Telma F.S. Silva, 1 Konstantin V. Luzyanin, 1 Luísa M.D.R.S. Martins, 1,2<br />

Armando J.L. Pombeiro 1<br />

1 Centro de Química Estrutural, Complexo I, Instituto Superior Técnico, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-<br />

001 Lisboa, Portugal. 2 Área Departamental de Engenharia Química, ISEL, R. Conselheiro Emídio<br />

Navarro, 1959-007 Lisboa, Portugal.<br />

tsilva@dem.isel.ipl.pt<br />

The coordination chemistry <strong>of</strong> vanadium, in particular with multidentate ligands, is<br />

receiving much attention namely on account <strong>of</strong> its involvement in various biological and<br />

catalytic processes, and <strong>the</strong> search for novel V complexes with pharmacological and<br />

catalytic significance is a matter <strong>of</strong> a high current interest. 1<br />

In view <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> significance <strong>of</strong> V-chemistry with poly(pyrazolyl)borate ligands towards<br />

mimicking biocatalytic behaviours and also in pursuit <strong>of</strong> our interest on transition metal<br />

complexes bearing scorpionate ligands, we have embarked upon <strong>the</strong> syn<strong>the</strong>ses <strong>of</strong><br />

oxovanadium complexes with such ligands and with those <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> related<br />

tris(pyrazolyl)methane family, 2 namely <strong>the</strong> dioxovanadium(V) complexes [VO 2 (3,5-<br />

Me 2 Hpz) 3 ][BF 4 ] 1 (pz = pyrazolyl), [VO 2 {SO 3 C(pz) 3 ] 2, [VO 2 {HB(3,5-Me 2 pz) 3 }] 3 or<br />

[VO 2 {HC(pz) 3 }][BF 4 ] 4, and <strong>the</strong> oxovanadium(IV) complex [VO{HB(pz) 3 }{H 2 B(pz) 2 }]<br />

5.<br />

We are now reporting <strong>the</strong> results <strong>of</strong> our study <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> redox behaviour, by cyclic voltammetry and<br />

controlled potential electrolysis (at a platinum<br />

electrode, 25 ºC, in a 0.2 M<br />

[ n Bu 4 N][BF 4 ]/CH 2 Cl 2 or DMSO solution), <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

obtained vanadium complexes, which allowed us<br />

to get an insight into <strong>the</strong> net electron-donor<br />

ability <strong>of</strong> such ligands and in <strong>the</strong> redox<br />

V(V)/V(IV) or V(IV)/V(III) interplay, essential<br />

for <strong>the</strong> vanadium versatility as a catalyst.<br />

Acknowledgments: This work has been partially supported by <strong>the</strong> Fundação para a Ciência e a<br />

Tecnologia (F CT), Portugal, and its PPCDT (F EDER funded) programme. TFSS is grateful to<br />

F CT for a PhD grant (no. SFRH/BD/48087/2008).<br />

References<br />

[1] A.S. Tracey, G.R. Willsky, E.S. Takeuchi, Vanadium Chemistry, Biochemistry,<br />

Pharmacology and Practical Applications, CRC Press, 2007.<br />

[2] Silva, T.F.S.; Luzyanin, K.V.; Kirillova, M.V.; Guedes da Silva, M.F.; Martins, L.M.D.R.S.;<br />

Pombeiro, A.J.L., Adv. Synth. Catal., 2010, 352, 171.<br />

September, 811, 2010. ISEL - Lisbon 98

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