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Electrochemiluminescence of dipicolinic acid (DPA) and (bpy)(2)Ru(DPA)(+) (bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine)
Jessica Byrd1, John G Bruno, Mark M Richter
1Department of Chemistry, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO 65897, USA.
Abstract:
The spectroscopic and electrochemiluminescence (ECL) properties of dipicolinic acid (DPA), (bpy)(2)Ru(2+) (bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine) and the species formed when DPA and (bpy)(2)Ru(2+) [abbreviated to (bpy)(2)Ru(DPA)(+)] are allowed to react are reported. The UV-Vis absorption maxima for (bpy)(2)Ru(2+) and (bpy)(2)Ru(DPA)(+) are 493 and 475 nm, respectively, indicating the in situ formation of a complex between DPA and (bpy)(2)Ru(2+). DPA, (bpy)(2)Ru(2+) and (bpy)(2)Ru(DPA)(+) display ECL upon oxidation in the presence of the oxidative-reductive co-reactant tri-n-propylamine (TPrA). The ECL of (bpy)(2)Ru(DPA)(+) is at least two-fold higher than either of the parent species. An ECL spectrum of (bpy)(2)Ru(DPA)(+) displays a peak maximum 40 nm red-shifted from the photoluminescence peak maximum, suggesting that the excited state formed electrochemically is different from that formed spectroscopically.
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