摘要:
The reactions between Ru-2 (DMBA)(4)(NO3)(2) (DMBA = N, N'-dimethylbenzamidinate) and meta-phenylene diethynylenes bearing 5-ester substituents (-CO2i Pr, L1; -CO2Bn, L2) in the presence of Et2NH afforded a series of oligomeric compounds with meta-phenylene diethynylene bridge, namely L-[Ru-2 (DMBA)(4)L](m) with m as integers. With L1, the compounds with m = 1-3 (1a, 2a and 3a) were separated and fully characterized. With L2, only the compound with m = 1 (1b) was successfully isolated. In addition to routine spectroscopic characterizations, the structures of both compounds 1b and 2a were determined using single crystal X-ray diffraction. For the series of 1a, 2a and 3a, both the voltammetric and absorption spectroscopic characteristics bear close resemblance to those of simple Ru-2 (DMBA)(4)(C2R)(2) compounds, indicating the absence of significant inter-unit electronic couplings in the oligomers. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.