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Dissertation

Reactivity of cobalt(II)-dichalcogenide complexes: correlation between redox conversion and ligand-field strength

The redox-conversion reaction of metal-disulfide and metal-thiolate complexes are important, as they may shed light on electron-transfer reactions that often occur in Nature.

Author
Marvelous, C.
Date
05 July 2022
Links
Thesis in Leiden Repository

Despite their importance, very few examples have been reported. In addition to that, there is a limited understanding of how the coordination environment of the metal ion affects this reaction. In this thesis, our investigation was set based on the ligand-field theory to determine its correlation with the redox-conversion reactions in cobalt-based systems. Our experiments revealed that using an exogenous ligand with a strong ligand-field character may induce the redox conversion from cobalt(II)-disulfide complexes to cobalt(III)-thiolate complexes. Using this knowledge, the possibility of the redox-conversion reaction was also extended from cobalt(II)-diselenide to cobalt(III)-selenolate complexes.Finally, we have come up with several conclusions about the redox-conversion reactions of the cobalt(II)-dichalcogenide complexes. It was revealed that the conversion is affected by the ligand-field strength of the dichalcogenide ligand. The smaller ligand-field strength can be counterbalanced with the introduction of the strong auxiliary ligand. Lastly, the cleanliness of the conversion depends on the magnitude of the overall ligand-field splitting energy of the complex.

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