Synthesis, spectroscopy and electrochemistry of ruthenium(II) complexes of tridentate pyridylpyrazole ligands. Predominance of electronic over steric effects

Mahapatra, Samiran ; Mukherjee, Rabindra Nath (1992) Synthesis, spectroscopy and electrochemistry of ruthenium(II) complexes of tridentate pyridylpyrazole ligands. Predominance of electronic over steric effects Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions (15). pp. 2337-2341. ISSN 0300-9246

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Abstract

The preparations and properties of bis complexes of ruthenium(II) containing various combinations of the tridentate ligands 2,6-bis(pyrazol-1-ylmethyl)pyridine (L1) and di- and tetra-methyl substituted derivatives (L2 and L3) are described. The absorption spectral properties of the complexes are thoroughly analysed. Full assignments have been made for the 1H NMR spectra of two representative complexes in CD3CN and the origins of the co-ordination-induced shifts are discussed. Cyclic voltammetric experiments (MeCN solutions) reveal reversible one-electron RuIII-RuII redox couples in the potential range 1.00-1.06 V vs. saturated calomel electrode (SCE). The occurrence of ligand-based irreversible reductions at low potentials (Ep,c values lie in the range: -1.90 to -2.20 V vs. SCE) reveals that these pyrazole-rich ligands are very poor p acceptors. The formal potentials of the RuIII-RuII couples decrease (by ca. 8 mV per methyl group) as the number of methyl groups in the ligands are increased. The decreased potential step size for [RuL(L')]2+(L,L'= L1-L3) relative to those observed for non-sterically hindered ruthenium(II) complexes reveals that in the present system steric effects due to 3-Me substituent(s) contribute to the observed effect but that electronic factors predominate over steric effects.

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