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The Synthesis, Characterization and Reactivity of a Series of Ruthenium N-triphosPh Complexes
Published on: April 10, 2015
Fused N-Heterocyclic-Bridged Isomeric Diruthenium Complexes [(acac)2Ru(μ-DIPQD)Ru(acac)2], n = +2, + 1, 0, -1, -2
Mohd Asif Ansari1, Sudipta Mondal2, Wolfgang Kaim2
1Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai400076, India.
Abstract:
π-Conjugated bridged isomeric diruthenium(II) complexes [(acac)2RuII(μ-DIPQD)RuII(acac)2], 1 (trans) and 2 (cis) (acac- = acetylacetonate, (8E,16E)-N8,N16-diphenylindeno[1,2-b]indeno[2',1':5,6]pyrazino[2,3-g]quinoxaline-8,16-diimine (trans-DIPQD), and (12E,16E)-N12,N16-diphenylindeno[1,2-b]indeno[1',2':5,6]pyrazino[2,3-g]quinoxaline-12,16-diimine (cis-DIPQD) were separated and structurally characterized. The structures of the rac (ΔΔ/ΛΛ) forms of 1 and 2 exhibit two units of {Ru(acac)2}, linked to adjacent pyrazine and imine nitrogen donors of the bridge (DIPQD) in trans and cis modes, with metal-metal separations of 9.050 and 6.330 Å, respectively. The packing diagrams of 1 and 2 revealed an intermolecular π···π stacking interaction (3.202-3.398 Å) involving the face-to-face arrangement of the aromatic rings of DIPQD in adjacent molecules and varying solid-state packing modes, slipped stacking in the former versus brick-layer stacking in the latter. The electronic forms associated with multiple reversible one-electron redox steps of 1 and 2 were addressed by DFT (MO composition, Mulliken spin density distribution), supported by EPR of intermediate paramagnetic states and by UV-vis-NIR spectroelectrochemistry in all redox states. The results reveal similar electronic forms along the redox series irrespective of their isomeric identities in 1 and 2, viz., primarily metal-based oxidations ([(acac)2RuII(μ-DIPQD)RuIII(acac)2]+, 1+/2+, S = 1/2; [(acac)2RuIII(μ-DIPQD)RuIII(acac)2]2+, 12+/22+, S = 1) and bridge-based reductions ([(acac)2RuII(μ-DIPQD•-)RuII(acac)2]-, 1/2•-, S = 1/2; [(acac)2RuII(μ-DIPQD2-)RuII(acac)2]2-, 12-/22-, S = 1). TD-DFT analysis of the electronic transitions in the complexes suggests bridge-targeted mixed metal/ligand-based multiple charge transfer transitions over the visible to NIR region in all redox states, while a weak band involving the radical bridge appeared in the long-wavelength region (∼2000 nm) in 1•-/2•-.
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