Abstract
L3Ru(m,h3:h3-BL)RuL3n+ (1n+, L3 = 4,4',4''-tri-tert-butyl-2,6,2',6''-terpyridine and H2BL2- = 1,2-bis(salicyloyl)hydrazide(2-)) were isolated with PF6- or ClO4- counterions (n = 1) and as bis(hexafluorophosphate) (n = 2). Structural, electrochem., and spectroscopic characterization reveals the monocation as intermediate (Kc = 108.2) in the three-step reversible redox system 10/+/2+/3+. The 1+ ion has the mol.-bridged (Ru- - -Ru 4.727 \AA) Ru centers involved in five- and six-membered chelate rings, and it exhibits long-wavelength absorptions at lmax 2240, 1660, and 1530 nm (emax = 1000, 3000, and 8000 M-1 cm-1, resp.), which would be compatible with a RuIIIRuII mixed-valent situation or with a coordinated radical ion bridge. In fact, EPR and DFT anal. of 1+ reveals that the spin is equally distributed over the ligand bridge and over both metals. The oxidized paramagnetic ions 12+ and 13+ were studied by 1H NMR and EPR and by TD-DFT supported UV-visible-NIR and MIR (mid-IR) spectroelectrochem. The capacity of various kinds of bis(mer-tridentate) bridging ligands (p donors or p acceptors, cyclometalated or noncyclometalated) for mediating metal-metal interactions is discussed. on SciFinder(R)
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