The present study describes the first example of the hydroxylation of benzaldehydes by synthetic nonheme oxoiron(iv) complexes, where the reactivity, chemoselectivity, and mechanism were strongly influenced by the ligand environment of the iron center.

In this work, two ligands: 4-(trans-2-Methyl-2-butenoic acid)-2,2'-bipyridine) (L(1)) and 5-(trans-2-methyl-2-butenoic acid)-1,10-phenanthroline (L(2)), with the corresponding mixed-ligand heteroleptic Ru(II) complex were synthesized and characterized by FT-IR, 1H-, 13C-NMR spectroscopy and elemental analysis. The influence of the mixed functionalized polypyridyl ruthenium(II) complex on the ph...

The study of ruthenium polypyridyl complexes can be widely applied across disciplines in the undergraduate curriculum. Ruthenium photochemistry has advanced many fields including dye-sensitized solar cells, photoredox catalysis, light-driven water oxidation, and biological electron transfer. Equally promising are ruthenium polypyridyl complexes that provide a sterically bulky, photolabile moiet...

2.5. Molecular Squares and Clusters 2283 2.6. Prussian Blue Mimics 2284 3. Pyrazine-Bridged Species 2285 4. Polyferrocences 2285 4.1. Linear Polyferrocenes 2285 4.2. Cyclic and Starburst Polyferrocenes 2287 4.3. Quantum Cellular Automata 2288 5. Polypyridyl Bridges 2288 6. Stereochemical Influences on IVCT 2291 7. Trinuclear Oxo-Centered Iron Carboxylates 2293 8. Iron and Manganese Alkoxide Cub...

A modular synthetic method has been developed for the preparation of Ru polypyridyl complexes bearing a terminal alkyne. This method proceeds through a readily accessible intermediate with a silyl-protected alkyne and allows access to a variety of five- and six-coordinate Ru complexes. These complexes can be easily attached to azide-functionalized electrode surfaces with only slight perturbatio...

There is considerable interest in the interactions of ruthenium (Ru)(II) complexes with DNA as well as the biological impact of the interactions. Here, by using isothermal titration calorimetry, viscosity measurement, and circular dichroism, we investigated the interactions of a new Ru(II) complex, [Ru(dmp)(2)PMIP](2+){dmp = 2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline, PMIP = 2-(4-methylphenyl)imidazo[4,5...