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Linkage isomerism and redox properties of ruthenium–polypyridine benzotriazole complexes

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A new series of mono- and di-substituted ruthenium–polypyridine complexes of the type cis-[RuIII,II (bpy)2(L1)(L2)]n + (L1 = Cl−, bta or py; L2 = bta; bpy = 2,2′-bipyridine; bta = benzotriazole; py = pyridine) has been prepared, isolated as hexafluorophosphate salts, and investigated in organic solutions by means of cyclic voltammetry and spectroelectrochemistry. The chemical oxidation of all the benzotriazole derivatives, starting from cis-[RuII(bpy)2(L1)(bta)]x (x = +1 or +2), leads essentially to N(3)-bound products, i.e., cis-[RuIII(bpy)2 (L1)(κN(3){bta})]x+1 isomers. Nevertheless, while the benzotriazole-monosubstituted species undergoes an intramolecular isomerization, κN(3) → κN(2), accompanying the electrochemical reduction centered on the metal ion, RuIII → RuII, the disubstituted derivatives do not display any spectral or electrochemical evidence of linkage isomerism. The equilibrium and kinetic constants for the isomerization were determined from the cyclic voltammograms at several scan rates, according to an electrochemical–chemical (EC) coupling scheme. The data were compared with a set of constants and parameters obtained previously for a series of ruthenium and iron complexes. The experimental results were found to be quite consistent with theoretical calculations, and reflect the importance of π-backbonding interactions in the stabilization of the metal-centered reduced state (MII) on such species with low-spin dπ6 configuration.

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Rocha, R.C., Toma, H.E. Linkage isomerism and redox properties of ruthenium–polypyridine benzotriazole complexes. Transition Metal Chemistry 28, 43–50 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022510505110

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