La complexation de l'arénophile à un ligand naphtalène substitué sur un seul noyau par un ou deux groupe triméthylsilyléthynyle conduit à la formation des deux régio-isomères A (arénophile coordiné au cycle substitué) et B (arénophile lié au cycle libre). L'isomère A est le produit cinétique et l'isomère B le produit thermodynamique de la réaction. La substitution du groupe trimétylsilyle par le fragment organométallique électro-actif permet d'étudier l'isomérisation A B . La migration haptotropique électro-induite, réalisée à 20 °C, est quasi quantitative . Elle résulte de l'activation de la liaison Ru provoquée par l'oxydation mono-électronique du centre redox organofer en présence d'un solvant coordinant . La synthèse du complexe ortho disubstitué, stériquement très encombré, et de ses dérivés mono- et di-oxydés a été effectuée avec succès. L'espèce mono-oxydée qui possède un couplage électronique fort est un dérivé à valence mixte de classe II B, à la limite entre les classes II et III. Les complexes tétranucléaires ont également été synthétisés et caractérisés par différentes techniques incluant notamment la radiocristallographie. Ces composés présentent des interactions électroniques à la fois en ortho, meta et para, générant de nouvelles propriétés qui pourraient s'avérer totalement inédites dans le domaine de l'électronique moléculaire. Finalement, une nouvelle famille de composés hybrides organiques inorganiques trans- a aussi été préparée (TTF = tétrathiafulvalène; n = 0-3). Le dérivé mono-oxydé est un composé à valence mixte de classe II. Le transfert d'électron intramoléculaire peut se faire selon un mécanisme par effet tunnel et par un mécanisme multi-étape par sauts entre les centres redox inorganiques et organiques. / The complexation of the arenophile to a naphthalene ligand bearing one or two trimethylsilylethynyle group gives the two regioisomers A (arenophile coordinated to the substituted ring) and B (arenophile coordinated to the free cycle). Isomer A is the kinetic product and isomer B is the thermodynamic product of the reaction. The substitution of the trimethylsilyl group by the electroactive organometallic fragment allows to control the isomerization from A to B. The electro induced haptotropic migration, performed at 20 ° C, is almost quantitative, and results from the activation of the Ru bond induced by the one-electron oxidation of the organoiron redox center in the presence of a coordinating solvent. The synthesis of the sterically constraint ortho disubstituted complex, and its mono and di-oxidized forms were successfully achieved. The mono-oxidized species that shows a strong electronic coupling is a Class-II B mixed valence compound. The tetranuclear complexes were also prepared and characterized by various methods including X-ray crystallography. These compounds exhibit electronic interactions in the ortho, meta and para positions, generating new properties that could be of great interest in the field of molecular electronics. Finally, a new family of organic-inorganic hybrids trans- has also been prepared (TTF = tetrathiafulvalene; n = 0-3). The mono-oxidized complex (n = 1) is a Class-II mixed-valence compound in which the spin density varies with the respective orientation of the metal termini. Intramolecular electron transfer occurs through single-step tunneling and multiple-step hopping mechanisms.

Chapter 1.<br />1-Ethynyl-2-phenyltetramethyldisilanes HCºCSiMe2SiMe2C6H4-p-X [X = NMe2(1.1), Me (1.2), H (1.3), Br (1.4), CF3 (1.5)] are accessible from ClSiMe2SiMe2Cl, BrMgC6H4X and HCºCMgBr in a two step Grignard reaction. The crystal structure of 1.1 as determined by single crystal X-ray crystallography exhibits a nearly planar PhNMe2 moiety and an unusual gauche array of the phenyl and the acetylene group with respect to rotation around the Si-Si-bond. Full geometry optimization (B3LYP/6- 31+G**) of the gas phase structures of 1.1 and 1.3 affords minima for the gauche and the trans rotational isomers, both being very close in energy with a rotational barrier of only 3 – 5 kJ/mol. Experimental and calculated (time-dependent DFT B3LYP/TZVP) UV absorption data of 1.1 – 1.5 show pronounced electronic interactions of the HCºC- and the C6H4X p-systems with the central Si-Si bond.<br /><br />Chapter 2.<br />A family of [( 5-Cp*)Ru( 6-arene)]+ (Cp* = C5Me5) sandwich complexes of 1- and 1,4-substituted phenyl and naphthyl systems are described along with the regioselectivities of the reactions under various conditions. Finally, the (h 5-Cp*) Ru+ arenophile was found to act as a gate to the flow of electrons between para-substituted termini. When it is complexed onto the phenyl or A naphthyl ring, the gate is closed. On the contrary, when it is complexed onto the B naphthyl ring, the gate is open.<br /><br />Chapter 3.<br />Regioselective complexation reactions of the organoiron acetylide derivatives (h 2- dppe)(h 5-Cp*)Fe-C C-Ar (Ar = phenyl, 1-naphthyl; dppe = 1,2- bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane) with [(h 5-Cp*Ru(CH3CN)3][PF6] to afford heterobimetallic complexes formulated as [(h 2-dppe)(h 5-Cp*)Fe-C C-{(h 6-Ar)Ru(h 5- Cp*)}][PF6], were achieved. In the case of the FeII-RuII 1-naphthyl derivative, the (h 5-Cp*)Ru+ arenophile was complexed both onto the substituted ring and free rings of the acetylide 1-naphthyl linker. The first redox-driven h 6-h 6 inter-ring haptotropic migration of the (h 5-Cp*)Ru+ moeity was shown to occur. Crystal structures of all of the seven new iron acetylenes were resolved, including both haptotropomers of the naphthyl compound.<br /><br />Chapter 4.<br />The diorganoiron [{(h2-dpppe)(h5-Cp*)Fe-CC-}2(1,4-naphthyl)] (4.12) was synthesized in good yield in two steps via the vinylidene, and oxidation led to the mixed valence (MV) and iron(III)-iron(III) species in good to excellent yields. This exhaustive empirical study on the family of complexes 4.12[PF6]n (n = 0,1,2) includes a crystal structure for the case in which n = 2. This work clearly establishes good electronic and magnetic communication between the iron centers across the bis(ethynyl)naphthalene bridge. All empirical measurements of these naphthyl compounds reveal that their properties fall between those of known phenyl and anthracenyl derivatives. In some cases, the naphthyl derivative behaves as an average of the phenyl and anthracenyl complexes. For example, the comproportionation constant of the naphthyl species falls at the midpoint between those for the phenyl and anthracenyl compounds. The same is true for the UV absorption maxima in all three oxidation states (Fe[II]- Fe[II], MV, and Fe[III]- Fe[III]). The large electronic (2043 cm-1) and magnetic (-526 cm-1) coupling constants were determined via NIR spectroscopy and SQUID magnetometry, respectively. As for the heterotrinuclear species, the iron(II) acetylene, 4.14B[PF6] [{Cp*(dppe)Fe-C C}2-(h 6 – [1,4-napthyl])RuCp*](PF6), [Cp* = h 5 - C5Me5; Fe = FeII] was prepared in high yields with an adapted, regioselective synthesis via the trinuclear vinylidene. Complete characterization, including a crystal structure, of this sandwich complex reveals that the arenophile perturbs the organoiron ligand more in the bis(iron) than in the previously reported mono(iron) case.