The syntheses of valence tautomeric compounds with multistep transitions using new redox-active ligands are the long-term goal of the field of bistable materials. The redox-active tetraoxolene ligand, 2,7-di--butylpyrene-4,5,9,10-tetraone (pyrene), is now developed to synthesize a pair of dinuclear compounds {[CoL](pyrene)}[Co(CO)]·CHCl·2CHCH (, = 2, L = 1,10-phenanthroline, phen; , = 1.5, L = 2,2'-bipyridine, bpy). Variable-temperature magnetic susceptibilities and single-crystal X-ray diffraction measurements indicate a partial one-step valence tautomeric transition for and a rare two-step valence tautomeric transition for , respectively. DFT calculation results are consistent with the experimental data, revealing the correlation between thermodynamic parameters and the one-step/two-step valence tautomeric behaviors.
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Angew Chem Int Ed Engl
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Anorganisch-Chemisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 270, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
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International Tomography Center of the SB of RAS, Institutskaya Str, 3a, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia.
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