Structural Control and Properties of Metal Complexes with Redox-active Polycatecholates

Abstract

Novel mono/trinuclear palladium/platinum complexes and valence tautomeric Co complexes with alkyl chains have been characterized by X-ray diffraction, electrochemical, and thermogravimetric analyses. All the complexes possess catecholate derivatives, which have been known to show rich redox activity or bistability derived from the intramolecular electron transfer process. The results obtained in this study clearly suggest that the complexes would be candidates for redox-active metallomesogens.