The pyrazine-bridged diosmium(II) complex{(
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-C
4H
4N
2)[Os(CN)
5]
2}
6-has been synthesized as the hexapotassiumsalt and was converted to the hexakis(tetrabutylammonium) compoundby ion exchange. Its stepwise oxidationto the Os
2IIIOs
II andOs
2IIIOs
III states wasmonitored spectroelectrochemically in
acetonitr
ile/0.1 MBu
4NPF
6 inthe UV-vis-NIR and IR regions and by EPR. TheOs
II2 species exhibits long-wavelengthsolvatochromic MLCTbands at 14 800 and 18 480 cm
-1. Thepentaanionic mixed-valent ion has a comproportionation constant
Kc of10
5.8 and is distinguished by several electronicabsorptions in the IR region. The bands at 1972, 2480,4000,5000, 7170, and 11 900 cm
-1 are sim
ilar butappreciably lower in energy than those reported for theanalogouscomplex{(
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-C
4H
4N
2)[Os(NH
3)
5]
2}
5+.In addition to CN vibrational stretching features shifted onelectron transferthere is an additional sharp band
only for the 5- ion at1582 cm
-1 which is attributed to a pyrazinering vibration.The intensity of this band suggests an unsymmetrical situation andthus valence localization on the vibrationaltime scale. The EPR signals at
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=2.0563 and
g![](/images/entities/par.gif)
= 1.761 point toward excitedstates lying close to the doubletground state and to significant metal/cyanide inter
action.Compared to the Creutz-
Taube ion{(
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-C
4H
4N
2)[Ru(NH
3)
5]
2}
5+ and itsosmium homologue, the 5- ion described here exhibits a lower degreeof metal-metal coupling.