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The Synthesis, Characterization and Reactivity of a Series of Ruthenium N-triphosPh Complexes
Published on: April 10, 2015
Ru(IV)-Ru(IV), Ru(III)-Ru(IV), and Ru(III)-Ru(III) complexes having a sulfato bridging ligand on the doubly
Tomoyo Misawa-Suzuki1, Yusuke Kataoka2, Sota Mafune1
1Department of Materials and Life Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Sophia University, 7-1 Kioicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8554, Japan. t_misawa@sophia.ac.jp.
Abstract:
The Ru2(IV,IV), Ru2(III,IV), and Ru2(III,III) complexes with the doubly oxido- and/or hydroxido-bridged diamond core {Ru2(μ-O(H))2}, bridged by an η1:η1:μ2-type bidentate sulfato ligand, [{Ru(L)}2(μ-O)2(μ-O2SO2)] (m = 1: [III,IV]+; m = 2: [IV,IV]2+), [{RuIII,IV(L)}2(μ-O)(μ-OH)(μ-O2SO2)]2+ ([III,IV_1H]2+), and [{RuIII,III(L)}2(μ-OH)2(μ-O2SO2)]2+ ([III,III_2H]2+) (L = ethylbis(2-pyridylmethyl)amine), were synthesised as ClO4--salts, and their crystal and electronic structures investigated. The corresponding hydrogencarbonato-bridged Ru2(III,III) complex, [{RuIII,III(L)}2(μ-OH)2(μ-O2COH)]3+ ([III,III(HCO3)_2H]3+), was also prepared and its crystallographic and electronic structures compared to those of the sulfato-bridged system, [III,III_2H]2+. All the sulfato-bridged complexes isolated were confirmed in the Pourbaix diagram, wherein the redox potential was plotted as a function of pH. The pKas were determined using UV-vis-NIR spectroscopic measurements and incorporated into the Pourbaix diagram. This is the first sequential study, both experimentally and theoretically, on the various oxidation states of Ru centres and the number of protons on the {Ru2(μ-O(H))2} core in the same tridentate ligand system for complexes with the {Ru2(μ-O(H))2(μ-O2XY)}-type dinuclear framework, which are analogous to the intermediate structures of the diiron-containing soluble methane monooxygenase.
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