Synthesis, Electrochemistry, and Excited-State Properties of Three Ru (II) Quaterpyridine Complexes

…, DL Ashford, RW Murray, TJ Meyer

Index: Harrison, Daniel P.; Lapides, Alexander M.; Binstead, Robert A.; Concepcion, Javier J.; Mendez, Manuel A.; Torelli, Daniel A.; Templeton, Joseph L.; Meyer, Thomas J. Inorganic Chemistry, 2013 , vol. 52, # 9 p. 4747 - 4749

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Abstract

The complexes [Ru (qpy) LL′] 2+(qpy= 2, 2′: 6′, 2 ″: 6 ″, 2‴-quaterpyridine), with 1: L= acetonitrile, L′= chloride; 2: L= L′= acetonitrile; and 3: L= L′= vinylpyridine, have been prepared from [Ru (qpy)(Cl) 2]. Their absorption spectra in CH3CN exhibit broad metal-to-