Ru(II) Polypyridyl Complexes Derived from Tetradentate Ancillary Ligands for Effective Photocaging

Bidentate Schiff Base derived from quinolone Ligands Oxovanadium (IV) Complexes

Rhodium complexes bearing tetradentate diamine-bis(phenolate) ligands.

Using tetradentate, dianionic ligands, several new rhodium complexes have been prepared. Some of these diamine-bis(phenolate) compounds, are active for C-H activation of benzene. These complexes are air and thermally stable. All four complexes were characterized by X-ray diffraction.

Copper(II) complexes of tetradentate thioether-oxime ligands

Two dinuclear copper(II) thioether-oxime complexes ([Cu(DtdoH)]2(ClO4)2 and [Cu(DtudH)]2(ClO4)2 Æ 2CH3OH) have been synthesized. [Cu(DtdoH)]2(ClO4)2 reacted with excess BF3 Æ OEt2 to yield [Cu(Thyclops)]ClO4, a BF2 þ-macrocyclized di-oxime. [Cu(DtdoH)]2(ClO4)2 and [Cu(DtudH)]2(ClO4)2 Æ 2CH3OH are the first representatives of copper(II) thioether oximes which exhibit the classical out-of-plane o...

New RuII (arene) complexes with halogen-substituted bis- and tris(pyrazol-1-yl)borate ligands.

[RuCl(arene)(μ-Cl)]2 dimers were treated in a 1:2 molar ratio with sodium or thallium salts of bis- and tris(pyrazolyl)borate ligands [Na(Bp(Br3))], [Tl(Tp(Br3))], and [Tl(Tp(iPr, 4Br))]. Mononuclear neutral complexes [RuCl(arene)(κ(2)-Bp(Br3))] (1: arene=p-cymene (cym); 2: arene=hexamethylbenzene (hmb); 3: arene=benzene (bz)), [RuCl(arene)(κ(2)-Tp(Br3))] (4: arene=cym; 6: arene=bz), and [RuCl(...

Unusually Efficient Pyridine Photodissociation from Ru(II) Complexes with Sterically Bulky Bidentate Ancillary Ligands

The introduction of steric bulk to the bidentate ligand in [Ru(tpy)(bpy)(py)](2+) (1; tpy = 2,2':2',6″-terpyridine; bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine; py = pyridine) to provide [Ru(tpy)(Me2bpy)(py)](2+) (2; Me2bpy = 6,6'-dimethyl-2,2'-bipyridine) and [Ru(tpy)(biq)(py)](2+) (3; biq = 2,2'-biquinoline) facilitates photoinduced dissociation of pyridine with visible light. Upon irradiation of 2 and 3 in CH3CN ...