title: Photophysical effect of the coordination of water by ruthenium(II) bipyridyl complexes containing hemilabile phosphine-ether ligands.
abstract: A substantial concentration-dependent red shift of the absorption and emission spectra (77 K) of [Ru(bpy)(2)(POMe-P,O)](2+) (1) (POMe = (2-methoxyphenyl)diphenylphosphine) is reported. NMR experiments show this shift to be due to equilibration of 1 with an aquo complex (1b) (K(eff) = (6 +/- 3) x 10(-3)) that forms upon displacement of the coordinated ether in the hemilabile POMe ligand. The excited-state lifetimes of 1 and 1b at 77 K in solid 2:1 ethanol/acetone solution are tau = 2.13 +/- 0.02 and 1.95 +/- 0.02 mus, respectively. The preparation and X-ray crystal structure of a related complex, [Ru(bpy)(2)(PO(i)Pr-P)(OH(2))](PF(6))(2) (2b) (PO(i)Pr-P = (2-(2-propoxy)phenyl)diphenylphosphine), is also reported. In solution, this species exists as an equilibrium mixture of complexes that cannot be readily separated. This species also has concentration-dependent absorption spectra in 2:1 ethanol/acetone solution, with a significant red shift (20 nm) at lower concentrations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada V6T 1Z1.
authors.forename: Cerrie W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Rogers
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Brian O
authors.initials: BO
authors.lastname: Patrick
authors.forename: Wayne E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Michael O
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Wolf
mesh_terms: D015082:2,2'-Dipyridyl / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D004563:Electrochemistry; D008024:Ligands; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D012428:Ruthenium / Q000737:chemistry*; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D008024:Ligands; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds; C454399:ruthenium(bpy)(2)((2-methoxyphenyl)diphenylphosphine-P,O)(PF6)(2); D014867:Water; D015082:2,2'-Dipyridyl; D012428:Ruthenium