Effects of ligand topology on the properties of dinuclear ruthenium complexes of bis-semiquinone bridging ligands
作者:Anita M. Barthram、Rosemary L. Cleary、John C. Jeffery、Samantha M. Couchman、Michael D. Ward
DOI:10.1016/s0020-1693(97)05883-0
日期:1998.1
The two ligands H4L1 and H4L2 were prepared in which two catechol donor groups are linked by vinyl groups to a central phenyl ring which is 1,3-substituted (for H4L1) or 1,4-substituted (for H4L2). These were used to prepare dinuclear complexes [Ru((t)Bu(2)bipy)(2)}(2)(mu-L)](2+) (L=L-1, complex 1; or L-2, complex 2) in which aerial oxidation of the catecholate ligands to the semiquinone state has occurred. In 2 the two unpaired electrons that would be expected for two semiquinones can pair up to give a diamagnetic complex with a quinonoidal bridge, due to the 1,4-substitution pattern of the phenyl spacer; in 1 this cannot occur due to the 1,3 substitution pattern and the complex is a diradical as shown by EPR, spectroscopy. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science S.A.