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The Synthesis, Characterization and Reactivity of a Series of Ruthenium N-triphosPh Complexes
Published on: April 10, 2015
Indazole-Derived Mono-/Diruthenium and Heterotrinuclear Complexes: Switchable Binding Mode, Electronic Form, and
Maya Kumari1, Krishnendu Dey1, Sudip Kumar Bera1
1Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai-400076, India.
Abstract:
The article deals with the newer classes of mononuclear: [(acac)2RuIII(H-Iz)(Iz-)] 1, [(acac)2RuIII(H-Iz)2]ClO4 [1]ClO4/[1']ClO4, and [(bpy)2RuII(H-Iz)(Iz-)]ClO4 [2]ClO4, mixed-valent unsymmetric dinuclear: [(acac)2RuIII(μ-Iz-)2RuII(bpy)2]ClO4 [3]ClO4, and heterotrinuclear: [(acac)2RuIII(μ-Iz-)2MII(μ-Iz-)2RuIII(acac)2] (M = Co:4a, Ni:4b, Cu:4c, and Zn:4d) complexes (H-Iz = indazole, Iz- = indazolate, acac = acetylacetonate, and bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine). Structural characterization of all the aforestated complexes established their molecular identities including varying binding modes (Na and Nb donors and 1H-indazole versus 2H-indazole) of the heterocyclic H-Iz/Iz- in the complexes. Unlike [1']ClO4 containing two NH protons at the backface of H-Iz units, the corresponding [1]ClO4 was found to be unstable due to the deprotonation of its positively charged quaternary nitrogen center, and this resulted in the eventual formation of the parent complex 1. A combination of experimental and density functional theory calculations indicated the redox noninnocent feature of Iz- in the complexes along the redox chain. The absence of intervalence charge transfer transition in the near-infrared region of the (Iz-)2-bridged unsymmetric mixed-valent RuIIIRuII state in [3]ClO4 suggested negligible intramolecular electronic coupling corresponding to a class I setup (Robin and Day classification). Heterotrinuclear complexes (4a-4d) exhibited varying spin configurations due to spin-spin interactions between the terminal Ru(III) ions and the central M(II) ion. Though both [3]ClO4 and 4a-4d displayed ligand (Iz-/Iz•)-based oxidation, reductions were preferentially taken place at the bpy and metal (RuIII/RuII) centers, respectively. Unlike 1 or [2]ClO4 containing one free NH proton at the backface of H-Iz, [1']ClO4 with two H-Iz units could selectively and effectively recognize F-, OAc-, and CN- among the tested anions: F-, OAc-, CN-, Cl-, Br-, I-, SCN-, HSO4-, and Η2PΟ4- in CH3CN via intermolecular NH···anion hydrogen bonding interaction. The difference in the sensing feature between [1']ClO4 and 1/[2]ClO4 could be rationalized by their pKa values of 8.4 and 11.3/10.8, respectively.
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