名称:
Redox-Asymmetric Bisruthenium Complex Bridged by a Pyridin-4-yl Moiety: Synthesis, Characterization, and Electronic Coupling Studies
摘要:
A polyazine ligand, 5,5'-di(1-butyl-1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)-2,2'-bipyridine (Bu-dtabpyH), has been prepared by a "click" reaction. The treatment of Bu-dtabpyH with [Ru(bpy)(2)Cl-2] affords complex [Ru(bpy)(2)(Bu-dtabpyH)](2+) (bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine), which has been characterized by single-crystal X-ray analysis. The reaction of [Ru(bpy)(2)(Bu-dtabpyH)](2+) with another equivalent of [Ru(bpy)(2)Cl-2] in the presence of AgOTf gives a redox-asymmetric bisruthenium complex, [Ru(bpy)(2)(Bu-dtabpy)Ru(bpy)(2)](3+) (Bu-dtabpy is the 4-deprotonated form of Bu-dtabpyH), with one ruthenium atom binding to the pyridin-4-yl bridge with a Ru-N bond and the other with a Ru-C bond. This complex displays two Ru(II/III) redox couples at +0.79 and +1.28 V vs Ag/AgCl. After being transformed into a mixed-valence species, [Ru(bpy)(2)(Bu-dtabpy)Ru(bpy)(2)](4+), by one-electron oxidation, it exhibits a moderate metal-to-metal charge-transfer band around 1300 nm. Density functional theory and time-dependent density functional theory calculations have been carried out for the model complex [Ru(bpy)(2)(Me-dtabpy)Ru(bpy)(2)](3+) and the mixed-valence state [Ru(bpy)(2)(Me-dtabpy)Ru(bpy)(2)](4+) to complement these experimental results, where Me-dtabpy is the 4-deprotonated form of 5,5'-di(1-methyl-1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)-2,2'-bipyridine.