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Valence Tautomeric Interconversion in Transition Metal 1,2‐Benzoquinone Complexes
Author(s) -
Gütlich Philipp,
Dei Andrea
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.199727341
Subject(s) - valency , tautomer , valence (chemistry) , spin crossover , chemistry , transition metal , benzoquinone , manganese , metal , cobalt , molecule , computational chemistry , valence bond theory , crystallography , photochemistry , stereochemistry , inorganic chemistry , molecular orbital , catalysis , organic chemistry , philosophy , linguistics
For the development of molecule‐based switching devices , cobalt and manganese complexes of 1,2‐benzoquinone ligands are of great interest. These compounds have electronically labile ground states, which leads to phenomena such as mixed valency, spin crossover, and valence tautomerism. Recently, the electronic behavior of these complexes was investigated carefully, and there are indications that complexes that show such characteristics can also be obtained with other metals.