ISSN:
0887-624X
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
The octameric oligomers of 1-(N-substituted-carbamoyl)-aziridine, i.e., N-ureanized-oligo-ethylenimines, form Cu(II) complexes. When the N-substituents are phenyl(1, 3), methyl(2), and p-tolyl(4) groups, the main portions of the Cu(II)-complexes are binuclear. The binuclear oligomer-Cu(II) complexes showed characteristic properties of photo-reduction of Cu(II) species, giving rise to stable yellow Cu(I) species. The ease of photo reduction strongly depends on the oligomer structures, especially on the nature of the pendant-urea groups, i.e., 4 〉 1,3 〉 2. In the series of aromatic type urea-oligomers, highly stable photo-radicals were observed in ESR. By using an optically active oligomer (3) the molecular requirements for these characteristic properties were investigated with circular dichroism and cyclic voltammometry. And one of the plausible structures was deduced as the model of binuclear Cu(II) sites surrounded by oligomeric environments.
Additional Material:
8 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pola.1988.080260128
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