Date of Award
1981
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Abstract
A series of eight-coordinate complexes of molybdenum with 1, 1-dithio ligands are prepared and characterized by electrochemical and spectroscopic methods. Cyclic voltammetry in acetonitrile and methylene chloride solvents reveals reversible metal-based Mo (VI)/Mo(V) and Mo(V)/Mo(IV) electron transfers. Half-wave potentials are linear functions of electron withdrawing and donating parameters of the ligand substituent groups, but do not correlate with charge transfer, vibrational, or electron paramagnetic resonance spectral data. A linear relationship does exist between electrochemical half-wave potentials and Mo 3d and S 2p x-ray photoelectron binding energies. The results suggest that ligands control half-wave potentials in these complexes by inductive charge donation to the metal center through bonds not directly involved in the redox process.
Extent
119 p.
Recommended Citation
SMITH, DORIS A., "ELECTROCHEMICAL AND SPECTROSCOPIC PROPERTIES OF EIGHT COORDINATE MOLYBDENUM-SULFUR COMPLEXES" (1981). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1980 - 1989. 89.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_3/89
Identifier
FADT14054
Comments
FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1981.|Charles E. Schmidt College of Science|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection