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The Synthesis, Characterization and Reactivity of a Series of Ruthenium N-triphosPh Complexes
Published on: April 10, 2015
Mixed valency in ligand-bridged diruthenium frameworks: divergences and perspectives
Arijit Singha Hazari1, Arindam Indra2, Goutam Kumar Lahiri1
1Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Powai Mumbai-400076 India lahiri@chem.iitb.ac.in.
Abstract:
The present review article illustrates the mixed valence aspects of ligand-bridged symmetric and unsymmetric diruthenium complexes beyond the textbook example of the Creutz-Taube ion as well as the Robin and Day classification by citing representative examples based on our recent observations. The consideration of varied coordination situations involving bridging and ancillary ligands of diverse electronic and steric demands extended important fundamental events including (i) the influence of ancillary ligands besides the bridge in the intermetallic coupling process, (ii) varying profile of the intervalence charge transfer (IVCT) transition in RuIIIRuII (d5d6) and RuIIIRuIV (d5d4) mixed valence set up, (iii) divergence between the electrochemical (K c = comproportionation constant) and electronic (IVCT) coupling and (iv) occurrence of the hybrid class II-class III situation. Furthermore, additional challenges due to the introduction of redox non-innocent ligands in assigning valence and spin distributions at the metal-ligand interface as well as in differentiating the emerging alternatives of the radical-derived state and the mixed valence situation along the redox chain have been addressed.
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