Ruthenium biimidazole complexes as anion receptors.

Interaction between biimidazole complexes of ruthenium and acetate: hydrogen bonding and proton transfer.

The hydrogen bonding and deprotonation processes between four ruthenium biimidazole complexes, namely [Ru(bpy)(2)(BiimH(2))](PF(6))(2) (1, bpy is bipyridine, BiimH(2) is 2,2'-biimidazole), [Ru(bpy)(2)-(BbimH(2))](PF(6))(2) (2, BbimH(2) is 2,2'-bibenzimidazole), and [Ru(bpy)(2)(DMBbimH(2))](PF(6))(2) (3, DMBbimH(2) is 7,7'-dimethyl-2,2'-bibenzimidazole) and [Ru(bpy)(2)(TMBbimH(2))](2+) (4, TMBbi...

Extended charge accumulation in ruthenium-4H-imidazole-based black absorbers: a theoretical design concept.

A theoretical-guided design concept aiming to achieve highly efficient unidirectional charge transfer and multi-charge separation upon successive photoexcitation for light-harvesting dyes in the scope of supramolecular photocatalysts is presented. Four 4H-imidazole-ruthenium(ii) complexes incorporating a biimidazole-based electron-donating ligand sphere have been designed based on the well-know...

Gold (I) Complexes of 2,2'-Biimidazolate Ligand: Syntheses and Spectral Properties of Hetero-polymetallic Complexes Having Ru2Au2 Core

The reaction of [Ru(L)2(H2biim)](ClO4)2 [L1 = 2,2¢-bipyridine (bpy) or L2 =  2-(phenylazo)pyridine (pap) and H2biim = 2,2¢-biimidazole] with Au(tht)Cl (tht = tetrahydrothiophene) in presence of base in methanol produced a terametallic cationic complex [{Ru(L)2(biim)}<s...

A bibenzimidazole-containing ruthenium(II) complex acting as a cation-driven molecular switch.

Multinuclear ruthenium polypyridyl complexes are currently the subject of extensive investigations, their photophysical properties making them ideal components for photochemically and electrochemically driven molecular devices.1 Among these compounds, mononuclear ruthenium complexes containing biimidazole or bibenzimidazole (bibzimH2) type ligands2 have been shown to be excellent building block...

Synthesis and Anion Binding Studies of Pyrazole and Biimidazole- Containing Receptors