Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hong Kong, 1996. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 184-194).

Thesis (M. Phil.)--University of Hong Kong, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 106-108).

The electrochemistry of solid electrodes of charge transfer complexes of tetracyanoquinodimethane (TCNQ) and copper complexes with nitrogen containing chelates, such and dipyridylamine (dpaH), bipyridyl (bpy) and 1,10-dimethyl-2,9-phenanthroline (dmp), has been investigated with cyclic voltammetry. Pressed pellet electrodes of these complexes exhibit a broad electrochemically stable region. The oxidative and reductive breakdown reactions involve solid state reactions into the bulk electrode. These materials also act as electron mediators for glucose oxidation in glucose oxidase modified electrodes. The structure of the model compound, copper(I)(dpaH)₂Cl has been determined to have a distorted tetrahedral coordination sphere. The electrochemistry of solid electrodes of charge transfer complexes of tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) with copper chloride and copper bromide has been investigated with cyclic voltammetry. Pressed pellet electrodes do not exhibit a broad stable region, as do the TCNQ complexes. A preliminary structure of the organic part of tetramethyltetraselenafulvalene copper chloride has been determined from the solution of the Patterson function and exhibits a displacive modulation with a repeat unit of seven TMTSF molecules. (TTF)(SCN)₀ͺ₆₆ and (TTF)Cu(SCN)₂ have been investigated by infrared spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction. (TTF)(SCN)₀ͺ₆₆ crystallized in a tetragonal space group with a disordered column of thiocyanate anions. (TTF)Cu(SCN)₂ is an insulator with a two-dimensional network of Cu(SCN)₂⁻ ions. X-ray crystal structures of four compounds prepared in association with copper complex chemistry have been determined; (1) 5,5'-dibromo-2,2'-bithiophene, (2) 3,5,5'-tribromo-2,2'-bithiophene, (3) Cu(dmp)(CN)₂ ⁻ · Bu₄N⁺ and (4) the 1:2 adduct of dimercaptosuccinic acid and dimethylformamide.

Ligands prepared from various combinations of aldehydes and ketones with the appropriate aminealcohol were complexed with cupric acetate monohydrate. The complexes with O,NO or N,N,O donor atoms were synthesized to study the influences of the ligand on molecular structure, spin-spin interaction, and on the value of the exchange integral. The magnetic data indicated that of the eight Cu(II) complexes discussed, two behaved differently from known analogous compounds. Cu (benzoylacetone :ethanolamine) was compared to Cu(acac:ethanolamine), and Cu(pyrr:oaminophenol) was compared to Cu(acac:o-aminophenol). Each pair of complexes was postulated to have the same molecular structure. The synthesis and characterization of Mn(pyrr:oaminophenol) 2H2 is also discussed. The following physical data were collected and discussed: elemental analysis, melting point, molecular weight, infrared spectra, electronic spectra, and magnetic susceptibility.

The three-dimensional x-ray structure of 2,2'-bipyridylglycinatochloro copper(II) dihydrate has been fully refined to a final R factor of 0.081. The bipyridyl and glycine ligands are arranged about the central copper atom in a square planar configuration while the chlorine atom is 2.635 angstroms above this plane directly over the copper atom. This unusually long distance is explained by the positioning of a glycine group on the opposite side of the square plane, resulting in a distorted octahedral arrangement. Also, the chlorine atom is linked to three oxygen atoms via hydrogen bonding, thus stabilizing the distorted octahedral complex.

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The synthesis and characterization of two new Schiff base copper(II) complexes are reported. These are Cu(acac: 2-amino-l-phenylethanol) and Cu(acac:2-amino-l-butanol). The ligands, derived from acetylacetone and the appropriate aminoalcohol, are dibasic tridentates with 0,N,O donor atoms. The magnetic properties of the complexes were studied at several temperatures between 78 OK and 296 OK. The magnetic moment of Cu(acac:2-amino-l-phenylethanol) varied little with temperature, and that of Cu(acac:2-amino-lbutanol) increased as the temperature was lowered. This is in contrast to the magnetic moment of Cu(acac:ethanolamine), which decreases as the temperature decreases. Molecular weight data, infrared spectra, magnetic data, electronic spectra, and electron spin resonance spectra of both complexes are reported and discussed.