Abstract
(Acac)2Ru(m-boptz)Ru(acac)2 (1), (bpy)2Ru(m-boptz)Ru(bpy)2(ClO4)2 (2-(ClO4)2), and (pap)2Ru(m-boptz)Ru(pap)2(ClO4)2 (3-(ClO4)2) were obtained from 3,6-bis(2-hydroxyphenyl)-1,2,4,5-tetrazine (H2boptz), the crystal structure anal. of which is reported. Compd. 1 contains two antiferromagnetically coupled (J = -36.7 cm-1) RuIII centers. The authors have studied the role of both the donor and acceptor functions contg. the boptz2- bridging ligand in combination with the electronically different ancillary ligands (donating acac-, moderately p-accepting bpy, and strongly p-accepting pap (2-phenylazopyridine)) by using cyclic voltammetry, spectroelectrochem. and EPR spectroscopy for several in situ accessible redox states. Metal-ligand-metal oxidn. state combinations remain invariant to ancillary ligand change in some instances; however, three isoelectronic paramagnetic cores Ru(m-boptz)Ru showed remarkable differences. The excellent tolerance of the bpy coligand for both RuIII and RuII is demonstrated by the adoption of the mixed-valent form in L2Ru(m-boptz)RuL23+, L = bpy, whereas the corresponding system with pap stabilizes the RuIII states to yield a phenoxyl radical ligand and the compd. with L = acac- contains two RuIII centers connected by a tetrazine radical-anion bridge. on SciFinder(R)
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