Expanded ligands: bis (2, 2′: 6′, 2 ″-terpyridine carboxylic acid) ruthenium (II) complexes as metallosupramolecular analogues of dicarboxylic acids

…, M Neuburger, S Schaffner, F Schaper, SR Batten

Index: Constable, Edwin C.; Dunphy, Emma L.; Housecroft, Catherine E.; Neuburger, Markus; Schaffner, Silvia; Schaper, Frank; Batten, Stuart R. Dalton Transactions, 2007 , # 38 p. 4323 - 4332

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Abstract

Ligands in which multiple metal-binding domains are linked by a metal-containing moiety rather than a conventional organic group are described as “expanded ligands”. The use of 4, 4′-difunctionalised {Ru (tpy) 2} units provides a linear spacer between metal-binding domains and we have extended this motif to expanded ligands containing two carboxylic acid metal-binding domains. In this paper, we describe the synthesis and structural ...