Photoisomerization in an analogous set of ruthenium sulfoxide complexes

…, BA McClure, ER Abrams, JT Engle, CJ Ziegler…

Index: Porter, Brianne L.; McClure, Beth Anne; Abrams, Eric R.; Engle, James T.; Ziegler, Christopher J.; Rack, Jeffrey J. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 2011 , vol. 217, # 2-3 p. 341 - 346

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Abstract

Complexes of the type [Ru (bpy) 2 (OSOBnR)](PF6) where bpy is 2, 2′-bipyridine and OSOBnR is a 4-substituted benzylsulfinylbenzoate with R= NO2, F, Cl, H, CH3, CF3 and OCH3, have been prepared and investigated by 1H NMR spectroscopy, cyclic voltammetry and UV–vis spectroscopy. Despite the distance of the R group from ruthenium, the Ru3+/2+ reduction potential and charge transfer absorption maximum vary predictably with the ...