Issue 8, 2011

Spectroscopic and redox properties of amine-functionalized K2[OsII(bpy)(CN)4] complexes

Abstract

We report the first examples of amine-functionalized K2[OsII(bpy)(CN)4] (bpy = 2,2′-bipyridine) complexes. The tetracyanoosmate complexes were prepared by UV irradiation (λ = 254 nm) of K4[OsII(CN)6] and primary amine-functionalized bpy ligands in acidic aqueous media. The aqueous solution pH dependences of the spectroscopic and redox properties of 4,4′- and 5,5′-substituted complexes have been investigated. The pendant amine functional groups and coordinated cyanide ligands are basic sites that can be sequentially protonated, thereby allowing systematic tuning of electrochemical and optical spectroscopic properties.

Graphical abstract: Spectroscopic and redox properties of amine-functionalized K2[OsII(bpy)(CN)4] complexes

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
26 Oct 2010
Accepted
13 Dec 2010
First published
18 Jan 2011

Dalton Trans., 2011,40, 1732-1736

Spectroscopic and redox properties of amine-functionalized K2[OsII(bpy)(CN)4] complexes

M. J. Ahrens, P. A. Bertin, A. G. Gaustad, D. Georganopoulou, M. Wunder, G. F. Blackburn, H. B. Gray and T. J. Meade, Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 1732 DOI: 10.1039/C0DT01478H

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