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Correspondence of Ru(III) Ru(II) and Ru(IV) Ru(III) mixed valent states in a small dinuclear complex

, , , , , , , , , and . Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), 18 (18): 5667--5675 (2012)

Abstract

The diruthenium(III) compound (m-oxa)Ru(acac)(2)(2) 1, oxa(2-) =oxamidato(2-), acac(-) =2,4-pentanedionato exhibits an S=1 ground state with antiferromagnetic spin-spin coupling (J=-40 cm(-1)). The molecular structure in the crystal of 1·2 C(7)H(8) revealed an intramolecular metal-metal distance of 5.433 \AAA and a notable asymmetry within the bridging ligand. Cyclic voltammetry and spectroelectrochemistry (EPR, UV/Vis/NIR) of the two-step reduction and of the two-step oxidation (irreversible second step) produced monocation and monoanion intermediates (K(c) =10(5.9)) with broad NIR absorption bands (e ca. 2000 M(-1)cm(-1)) and maxima at 1800 (1(-)) and 1500 nm (1(+)). TD-DFT calculations support a Ru(III)Ru(II) formulation for 1(-) with a doublet ground state. The 1(+) ion (Ru(IV)Ru(III)) was calculated with an S=3/2 ground state and the doublet state higher in energy (DE=694.6 cm(-1)). The Mulliken spin density calculations showed little participation of the ligand bridge in the spin accommodation for all paramagnetic species (m-oxa)Ru(acac)(2)(2)(n), n=+1, 0, -1, and, accordingly, the NIR absorptions were identified as metal-to-metal (intervalence) charge transfers. Whereas only one such NIR band was observed for the Ru(III)Ru(II) (4d(5)/4d(6)) system 1(-), the Ru(IV)Ru(III) (4d(4)/4d(5)) form 1(+) exhibited extended absorbance over the UV/Vis/NIR range.on SciFinder (R)

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