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Debarpan Dutta1, Suman Kundu1, Prasanta Ghosh1
1Department of Chemistry, R. K. Mission Residential College, Narendrapur, Kolkata, 700103, West Bengal, India.
Abstract:
An N-pyridyl-o-aminophenol derivative that stabilises mixed-valence states of ruthenium ions is disclosed. A diruthenium complex, [(LIQ 0 )Ru2 Cl5 ]⋅MeOH (1⋅MeOH) is successfully isolated, in which LIQ 0 is the o-iminobenzoquinone form of 2-[(3-nitropyridin-2-yl)amino]phenol (LAP H2 ). In 1, LIQ 0 oriented towards one ruthenium centre is a non-innocent NO-donor redox ligand, whereas another oriented towards another ruthenium centre is an innocent pyridine-donor redox ligand. Complex 1 is a diruthenium(II,III) mixed-valence complex, [RuII (LIQ 0 )(μ-Cl)2 RuIII ], with a minor contribution from the diruthenium(III,III) state. [RuIII (LISQ .- )(μ-Cl)2 RuIII ] contains LISQ .- , which is the o-iminobenzosemiquinonate anion radical form of the ligand. Complexes 1- and 1+ are diruthenium(II,II), [RuII (LIQ 0 )(μ-Cl)2 RuII ], and diruthenium(III,III), [RuIII (LIQ 0 )(μ-Cl)2 RuIII ], complexes, respectively, of LIQ 0 . Complex 12- is a diruthenium(II,II) complex of the o-iminobenzosemiquinonate anion radical (LISQ .- ), [RuII (LISQ .- )(μ-Cl)2 RuII ], with a minor contribution from the diruthenium(III,II) form, [RuIII (LAP 2- )(μ-Cl)2 RuII ]. Complex 12+ is a diruthenium(III,IV) mixed-valence complex of LIQ 0 , [RuIII (LIQ 0 )(μ-Cl)2 RuIV ]. Complexes 1 and 12+ exhibit inter-valence charge-transfer transitions at λ=1300 and 1370 nm, respectively.
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