Reference Ruthenium ( II ) Coordination Chemistry of a Fused Donor - Acceptor Ligand : Synthesis , Characterization and Photoinduced Electron

A π-extended, redox-active bridging ligand 4 ́,5 ́-bis(propylthio)tetrathiafulvenyl[i]dipyrido[2,3-a:3 ́,2 ́-c]phenazine (L) was prepared via direct Schiff-base condensation of the corresponding diamine-tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) precursor with 4,7-phenanthroline-5,6-dione. Reactions of L with [Ru(bpy)2Cl2] afforded its stable monoand dinuclear ruthenium(II) complexes 1 and 2. They have been fully characterized, and their photophysical and electrochemical properties are reported together with those of [Ru(bpy)2(ppb)]2+ and [Ru(bpy)2(μ-ppb)Ru(bpy)2]4+ (ppb = dipyrido[2,3-a:3 ́,2 ́-c]phenazine) for comparison. In all cases, the first excited state corresponds to an intramolecular TTF → ppb charge-transfer state. Both ruthenium(II) complexes show two strong and well-separated metal-to-ligand charge-transfer (MLCT) absorption bands, whereas the 3MLCT luminescence is strongly quenched via electron transfer from the TTF subunit. Clearly, the transient absorption spectra illustrate the role of the TTF fragment as an electron donor, which induces a triplet intraligand charge-transfer state (3ILCT) with lifetimes of [...] GOZE, C., et al. Ruthenium(II) Coordination Chemistry of a Fused Donor-Acceptor Ligand: Synthesis, Characterization and Photoinduced Electron Transfer Reactions of [{Ru(bpy)2}n(TTF-ppb)](PF6)2n (n = 1, 2). Inorganic Chemistry, 2008, vol. 47, no. 23, p.