Volume 43, Issue 46 pp. 6301-6303
Communication

Chemical Control of Valence Tautomerism of Nickel(II) Semiquinone and Nickel(III) Catecholate States

Hideki Ohtsu Dr.

Hideki Ohtsu Dr.

Institute for Molecular Science, CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), 38 Nishigonaka, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi, 444-8585, Japan, Fax: (+81) 564-55-5245

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Koji Tanaka Prof.

Koji Tanaka Prof.

Institute for Molecular Science, CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), 38 Nishigonaka, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi, 444-8585, Japan, Fax: (+81) 564-55-5245

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First published: 23 November 2004
Citations: 53

We are grateful to Prof. Toshihiko Yokoyama and Dr. Takeshi Nakagawa, Institute for Molecular Science, for measuring X-ray photoelectron spectra.

Graphical Abstract

Fine-tuning the N-donor ability of a bidentate aminopyridyl ligand facilitated the selective synthesis of complexes 1 (no methyl substituent) and 2 (with a methyl substituent) which possess valence tautomeric nickel(II) semiquinonato and nickel(III) catecholato frameworks, respectively.

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