Issue 40, 2012

Structural, electronic and acid/base properties of [Ru(bpy(OH)2)3]2+ (bpy(OH)2 = 4,4′-dihydroxy-2,2′-bipyridine)

Abstract

We have synthesized the complex [Ru(bpy(OH)2)3]2+ (bpy(OH)2 = 4,4′-dihydroxy-2,2′-bipyridine) containing ligands that can be readily deprotonated. Both experimental and computational techniques were utilized to perform a thorough analysis of the structural and electronic properties of the complex in both the protonated and deprotonated state. The complex [Ru(bpy(OMe)2)3]2+ (bpy(OMe)2 = 4,4′-dimethoxy-2,2′-bipyridine) was also synthesized and studied, because the bpy(OMe)2 ligand has electron-donating properties like bpy(OH)2, but does not contain deprotonatable groups. Cyclic voltammetry of [Ru(bpy(OH)2)3]2+ yields a reversible RuIII/II wave that shifts 1.43 V to lower energy upon deprotonation of the complex. UV/Visible absorbance spectroscopy reveals several Metal-to-Ligand Charge Transfer (MLCT) transitions that shift to lower energy upon deprotonation of the complex. This observation is in contrast to mixed-ligand systems containing deprotonatable groups, such as [Ru(bpy)2(bpy(OH)2)]2+ (bpy = 2,2′-bipyridine) that demonstrate different types of electronic transitions assigned as mixed Metal-Ligand to Ligand Charge Transfer (MLLCT). The more symmetrical nature of the tris-bpy(OH)2 complex most likely prevents the metal molecular orbitals from significantly mixing with the molecular orbitals of the deprotonated ligand. Luminescence studies were carried out on [Ru(bpy(OH)2)3]2+ and reveal a shift to lower energy and quenching of the excited state upon deprotonation in accordance with the energy gap law.

Graphical abstract: Structural, electronic and acid/base properties of [Ru(bpy(OH)2)3]2+ (bpy(OH)2 = 4,4′-dihydroxy-2,2′-bipyridine)

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
27 Jul 2012
Accepted
19 Aug 2012
First published
20 Aug 2012

Dalton Trans., 2012,41, 12514-12523

Structural, electronic and acid/base properties of [Ru(bpy(OH)2)3]2+ (bpy(OH)2 = 4,4′-dihydroxy-2,2′-bipyridine)

M. J. Fuentes, R. J. Bognanno, W. G. Dougherty, W. J. Boyko, W. Scott Kassel, T. J. Dudley and J. J. Paul, Dalton Trans., 2012, 41, 12514 DOI: 10.1039/C2DT31706K

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