Novel Ru-Dioxolene Complexes as Potential Electrochromic Materials and NIR Dyes
作者:Peter F. H. Schwab、Sara Diegoli、Matteo Biancardo、Carlo Alberto Bignozzi
DOI:10.1021/ic0346782
日期:2003.10.1
A series of Ru(bpy)(2)-dioxolene complexes 1-4 (bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine) and corresponding Ru(dcb)(2)-dioxolene complexes 5-8 (dcbH(2) = 2,2'-bipyridine-4,4'-dicarboxylic acid) have been prepared, and their spectroelectrochemical behavior in solution has been investigated. The complexes show reversible electrochemical behavior accompanied by a strong NIR absorption in their semiquinone forms due to a Ru(dpi) --> sq(pi*) MLCT band. Complete quenching of the NIR absorption occurs both upon oxidation (to the quinone form) and upon reduction (to the catechol form) very close to 0 V. The color of the systems can be tuned by using a wide range of ligands. The complexes 5-8 can be anchored onto nanocrystalline inorganic semiconductors allowing incorporation into potential electrochromic devices. As a proof of principle, compound 8 has been adsorbed on nanocrystalline Sb-doped SnO2 supported on FTO glass, and it displays reversibly switchable electrochromic behavior in the NIR.
Linkage isomers of alizarin-bis(bipyridine)ruthenium(II)
作者:Antonietta DelMedico、William J. Pietro、A.B.P. Lever
DOI:10.1016/s0020-1693(98)00153-4
日期:1998.11
Alizarin-bis(bipyridine)ruthenium(II) complexes exhibit a unique interconversion and coordination not reported in other metal-alizarin complexes. Previously communicated linkage isomers of alizarin-bis(bipyridine)ruthenium(II) ((1,2) and (1,9) coordinated complexes) are characterised here by FT-IR and NMR (1D and 2D) spectroscopic techniques, giving definitive results on the previously proposed mode of coordination. This work also includes the FT-IR of the (1,2) coordinated one-electron oxidation product, as well as that of the similarly coordinated complex, 1-hydroxyanthraquinone-bis(bipyridine)ruthenium(II). (C) 1998 Elsevier Science S.A. All rights reserved.