Síntesi, estructura i reactivitat de nous complexos de Cu, Ag i Ni contenint lligands triazamacrocíclics. Aplicacions en l'activació d'enllaços

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A family of Cu(III) complexes containing triaza macrocyclic ligands has been described and their structural, spectroscopic and redox properties thoroughly investigated. This family is of interest because it allows studying the properties of Cu complexes in the very unusual oxidation state III and furthermore it allows measuring the so called Meyerstein effect in a quantitative manner. A new family of Cu(I) complexes containing triaza macrocyclic ligands has been synthesized and characterized both in the solid state and in solution by spectroscopic and structural techniques. NMR spectroscopy demonstrates that the complexes adopt monomeric structures in solution. However, X-ray diffraction analyses demonstrate a polymeric nature in the solid state. On the other hand, the reactivity of these complexes in H/D exchange reactions has been studied, demonstrating that these systems are capable of activating the C-H bond of the aromatic ring in deuterated acetone. On the other hand, the Cu(I) complexes are capable of activating O2, leading to intramolecular aromatic hydroxylation, thus generates complexes with the general formula [(CuII2(m-OLi)2]2+. Finally, we have prepared the corresponding Ag(I) compound. X ray analysis shows that the complex adopts a lineal zigzag polymeric structure. We propose the mechanism for the activation C-H bond by a Cu(II) complex, coupled to a disproportionation reaction. The monitoring of this reaction has been performed at room and at low temperatures, determinating the different electronic influences of the ligand on the organometallic Cu(III) formation reaction. The monitoring at low temperatures allows to observe and spectroscopically characterize a Cu(II) intermediate. Determination of the kinetic and thermodynamic parameters leads us to propose a mechanism for the reaction. By replacing the H with a Me group, we have crystallography characterized the first example of a Cu(II) C-C agostic intermediate. This specie bears spectroscopic resemblance with the Cu(II) species formed in the aromatic C-H bond activation, and thus we propose it to be the analogous Cu(II) intermediate. Both Cu(I) and Cu(III) complexes are known in organocopper chemistry, but a stable Cu(II) complex is seldom reported. Furthermore, this specie constitutes the second example of a Cu(II) organometallic compound reported in the literature. We have studied the reactivity of organocopper(III) complexes under different conditions to synthesize new bisphenoxo Cu(II) complexes. These bisphenoxo complexes have been characterized by X-ray diffraction. A new family of Ni(II) complexes containing triaza macrocyclic ligands have been described and their structural and spectroscopic properties thoroughly investigated. In this case, the C-H bond activation is proposed to occur via acid-base reaction. Moreover, a theoretical study of the activation of the C-H bond in aromatic systems by several transition metals has been carried out. For these specific ligands we have investigated the effect of the metal, changing the copper ion by other first (Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn) and second transition series metals (Ru, Rh, Pd, Ag). The results demonstrate that the Ni(II) is the ion that presents the highest capacity for activating the C-H bond in the aromatic system of the ligand. On the other hand, the addition of a chloride salt to the Ni(II) complex solution allows the formation of a new and extremely rare organometallic Ni(III) complex.