Publications by authors named "J E Cortes-Figueroa"
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- Cyclic voltammetry of (η²-C(60))M(CO)₅ complexes (M = Cr, Mo, W) in dichloromethane reveals three reversible reduction/oxidation waves associated with the [60]fullerene.
- The E(1/2) values for these waves are positively shifted compared to uncoordinated [60]fullerene, likely due to Jahn-Teller distortion and metal π-backbonding effects.
- Lewis bases like piperidine and triphenyl phosphine can displace [60]fullerene from these complexes, with DFT analysis indicating that solvation significantly stabilizes the transition state in certain cases (notably for Mo and W).
The formation of ferryl heme (Fe(IV) = O) species, i.e., compound I and compound II, has been identified as the main intermediates in heme protein peroxidative reactions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn the present redetermination of the complex cis-tetracarbonylbis(tricyclohexylphosphine)molybdenum(0), (I), [Mo(C(18)H(33)P)(2)(CO)(4)] or cis-eta(1)-[P(C(6)H(11))(3)](2)Mo(CO)(4), the Mo atom has a distorted octahedral geometry with a large P-Mo-P angle of 104.8 (1) degrees. A strong trans influence on the carbonyls in (I) is seen in a shortening of the Mo-C and a lengthening of the C-O distances opposite the phosphines compared with those that are cis.
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