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Synthesis, Structure, and Electronic Properties of RuN6 Dinuclear Ru-Hbpp Complexes

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Inorganic Chemistry, 51 (1): 320--327 (2012)
DOI: 10.1021/ic201668r

Abstract

A series of RuN6 dinuclear Ru R1-Hbpp R2-trpy deriv. complexes (R1-Hbpp = 4-substituted 3,5-bis(2-pyridyl)pyrazole; R2-trpy = 4'-substituted terpyridine) of general formula RuII(R2-trpy)(MeCN)2(μ-R1-bpp)3+, (compds. 103+-143+; R1 = H, Me, or NO2, and R2 = H, Me, MeO) has been prepd. from their Cl- or AcO- bridged precursors. The complexes have been characterized by UV-visible, NMR, CV, and some by x-ray. Complexes 103+-143+, RuII-RuII, were oxidized by 1 equiv in soln., leading to the mixed valence RuII-RuIII complexes 104+-144+ contg. one unpaired electron and were characterized by EPR and UV-visible-near-IR, which showed metal-centered spin and the presence of low-energy IVCT bands. The Hab parameter indicates a relatively strong electronic coupling between the two ruthenium centers (class II). Further two electron oxidn. in soln. of the 103+-143+ gave EPR silent RuIII-RuIII complexes 105+-145+, that were further characterized by UV-visible-NIR. TD-DFT calcns. were employed to assign the nature of the UV-visible transitions for the complexes in the various oxidn. states, which are of metal to ligand charge transfer (MLCT) type for RuII-RuII and ligand to metal charge transfer (LMCT) type for RuIII-RuII and RuIII-RuIII. on SciFinder(R)

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