Electrochemical Behavior of Alkoxo-bridged Binuclear Copper(II) Complexes with N,N-Dialkyl-N′-(hydroxyalky)alkanediamine

Abstract

The alkoxo-bridged binuclear copper(II) complexes with N,N-dialkyl-N′-(hydroxyalkyl)alkanediamine were investigated by electrochemical methods. The binuclear complexes exhibited two non-separable sequential, oneelectron steps, the half-wave potentials of which were almost identical, in N,N-dimethylformamide. On the other hand, the complexes gave two distinctive one-electron reduction waves in acetonitrile.