ELECTROCHEMICAL STUDIES AND SEMIEMPIRICAL CALCULATIONS ON π-CONJUGATED DIENONES AND RELATED COMPOUNDS

摘要

Electrochemical reduction potentials of a broad selection of nitrogen-containing molecules suitable as bridging (dipodal and tripodal) ligands in organometallic chemistry are reported and compared with results of semiempirical data. Trends of electrode potentials observed experimentally agree with calculated ones, deviations can be explained invoking peculiarities of the involved molecular orbitals and ligand-electrode surface interactions.