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The Synthesis, Characterization and Reactivity of a Series of Ruthenium N-triphosPh Complexes
Published on: April 10, 2015
Structural characterization of mono-ruthenium substituted Keggin-type silicotungstates
Masahiro Sadakane1, Daisuke Tsukuma, Michael H Dickman
1Catalysis Research Center, Hokkaido University, N-21, W-10, 001-0021 Sapporo, Japan. sadakane@cat.hokudai.jp
Abstract:
We have synthesized the mono-ruthenium substituted Keggin-type silicotungstate [SiW(11)O(39)Ru(III)(H(2)O)](5-) (1a) by reaction of the mono-lacunary silicotungstate precursor [SiW(11)O(39)](8-) with Ru(acac)(3) under hydrothermal conditions and isolated as the caesium salt Cs(5)[SiW(11)O(39)Ru(III)(H(2)O)] (1). The DMSO-coordinated complex [SiW(11)O(39)Ru(III)(DMSO)](5-) (2a) was prepared by reaction of 1a with DMSO in aqueous solution at 353 K and isolated as the caesium-potassium mixed salt Cs(4.9)K(0.1)[SiW(11)O(39)Ru(III)(DMSO)] (2). Both compounds 1 and 2 were characterized by single-crystal X-ray structure analysis, powder X-ray structure analysis, UV-Vis spectroscopy, cyclic voltammetry, IR-spectroscopy and elemental analysis. 1 crystallized in the tetragonal space group P4(2)/ncm with a = 20.9299(4), c = 10.3603(4) Angstrom, Z = 4. The ruthenium atom in the Keggin unit could not be distinguished from the tungsten due to disorder. The structural analysis of 2 (monoclinic, P2(1)/c, a = 13.5850(4), b = 20.2764(7), c = 18.1326(4) Angstrom, beta = 90.8730(10) degrees , Z = 4) successfully revealed that the incorporated ruthenium atom is coordinated by DMSO through a Ru-S bond. Polyanion 2a represents the first mono-substituted Keggin ion in which the ruthenium center is not crystallographically disordered. UV-Vis spectroscopy combined with controlled potential electrolysis confirmed that the incorporated rutheniums in 1 and 2 have a valence state of +3. The IR spectra of both 1 and 2 were very similar. All these data indicate that 1 synthesized by reaction of the mono-lacunary silicotungstate K(8)[SiW(11)O(39)] with Ru(acac)(3) under hydrothermal conditions is truly the mono-ruthenium substituted Keggin-type silicotungstate.
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