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Configuration-dependent electron hopping between equivalent ligands in isomeric ruthenium(II) complexes

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Journal of the Chemical Society, Faraday Transactions, 92 (21): 4227--4231 (1996)
DOI: 10.1039/ft9969204227

Abstract

The three configurational isomers of (bpy)Ru(abpy)22+, bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine and abpy = 2,2-azobis(pyridine), were identified via 1H NMR spectroscopy and crystal structure information from precursor complexes. One-electron redn. introduces a single electron which can undergo site-exchange ('hopping') between the two equiv. abpy ligands in (bpy)RuII(abpy-1)(abpy0).bul.+. EPR line broadening at higher temps. indicates a slow-exchange situation which is most pronounced for the cct (a1) isomer with the coordinated azo groups in trans configuration; the EPR signal was broadened beyond recognition at temps. \textgreater220 K. A less unusual behavior was obsd. for the ccc (b) and the new ctc (a2) isomer, both with the coordinated azo functions in cis-positions. on SciFinder(R)

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