• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Silver(I), Copper(I) and Copper(II) Complex of the New N,Se‐Chelate Ligand 2‐Phenylselenomethyl‐1H‐benzimidazole: Electrochemistry and Structure
  • Contributor: Leboschka, Markus; Sieger, Monika; Sarkar, Biprajit; Niemeyer, Mark; Schurr, Thilo; Fiedler, Jan; Záliš, Stanislav; Kaim, Wolfgang
  • Published: Wiley, 2009
  • Published in: Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie, 635 (2009) 6-7, Seite 1001-1007
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1002/zaac.200900098
  • ISSN: 0044-2313; 1521-3749
  • Keywords: Inorganic Chemistry
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  • Description: Abstract2‐Phenylselenomethyl‐1H‐benzimidazole (psbi) can form complexes in 2:1 ratio with coinage metal ions. Crystal structure analysis revealed a flattened metal coordination for [AgI(psbi)2](BF4) (1), approaching a distorted‐planar arrangement with weak Ag–Se bonds (d > 2.9 Å) and confirmed as energy minimum by DFT calculations. The typical Jahn–Teller system [CuII(psbi)2Cl2] (2) exhibits a planar CuN2Cl2 core with weak Se···Cu···Se axial ligation [3.2944(8) Å Cu···Se distance]. The oxygen‐sensitive compound [CuI(psbi)2](BF4) (3) exhibits electrochemically reversible oxidation in contrast to the silver(I) analogue 1.