POLYHEDRON, cilt.29, sa.15, ss.2924-2932, 2010 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
Neutral dioxomolybdenum(VI) complexes of dibasic 2-hydroxy-1-naphthaldehyde S-ethyl-4-H/phenyl-
thiosemicarbazones (H: L1, C6H5: L2) have been synthesized. The complexes, [MoO2LI(ROH)]
(1a–d) and [MoO2LII(ROH)] (2a–d) (R: CH3, C2H5, C3H7, C4H9) were characterized by elemental analysis,
electronic, IR and 1H NMR spectra. X-ray crystal studies indicated a distorted octahedral geometry
for [MoO2(L1)(C2H5OH)] (1b) and [MoO2(L2)(CH3OH)] (2a). The Mo–O bond lengths of the
MoO2
2ş moieties are almost the same in the monoclinic crystal structures of complexes 1b and
2a, and the MoO2 cores have a cis-dioxomolybdenum structure with angles ca. 105 Å. While 1b crystallizes
in the space group C2/c, 2a crystallizes in the space group P21/n. The electrochemical behaviors
of the ligands and their complexes 1b and 2a were studied using cyclic voltammetry and square
wave voltammetry. The half-wave potentials (E1/2) are significantly influenced by the central metal
ions, the nature of the substituents on the thiosemicarbazones, and the electronic character of the
ligands, which are the important factors that control redox potentials. In situ spectroelectrochemical
studies were employed to determine the spectra of the electrogenerated species of the complexes
and to assign the redox processes. The colors of the electrogenerated species were determined with
in situ electrocolorimetric measurements.