Coordinating Tectons: Bimetallic Complexes from Bipyridyl Terminated Group 8 Alkynyl Complexes

George Koutsantonis, Paul Low, Campbell Mackenzie, Brian Skelton, D.S. Yufit

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Abstract

Bipyridyl appended ruthenium alkynyl complexes have been used to prepare a range of binuclear homometallic ruthenium and heterometallic ruthenium–rhenium complexes. The two metal centers are only weakly coupled, as evinced by IR and UV–vis–near NIR spectroelectrochemical experiments and supported by quantum chemical calculations. The alkynyl complexes of the type [Ru(C≡Cbpy){Ln}] ({Ln} = {(PPh3)2Cp}, {(dppe)Cp*}, {Cl(dppm)2}) undergo reversible one-electron oxidations centered largely on the alkynyl ligands, as has been observed previously for closely related complexes. The homometallic binuclear complexes, exemplified by [Ru(C2bpy-κ2-N′N-RuClCp)(PPh3)2Cp] undergo two essentially reversible oxidations, the first centered on the (C2bpy-κ2-N′N-RuClCp) moiety and the second on the Ru(C≡Cbpy)(PPh3)2Cp fragment, leading to radical cations that can be described as Class II mixed-valence complexes. The heterometallic binuclear complexes [Ru(C2bpy-κ2-N′N-ReCl(CO)3){Ln}] display similar behavior, with initial oxidation on the ruthenium fragment giving rise to a new optical absorption band with Re → Ru(C≡Cbpy) charge transfer character. The heterometallic complexes also exhibit irreversible reductions associated with the Re hetereocycle moiety.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4911−4922
JournalOrganometallics
Volume33
Issue number18
Early online date6 Aug 2014
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 22 Sept 2014

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