title: Di-[1,10]-phenanthrolinyl diazines: a new family of bis-tridentate chelators.
abstract: A series of three bis-tridentate bridging ligands has been prepared in which two 1,10-phenanthroline units have been symmetrically appended to a central pyridazine, pyrimidine, or pyrazine ring. These ligands have been treated with [Ru(tpy-d(11))Cl(3)] to afford both mono- and bimetallic complexes that show very self-consistent NMR properties. [structure: see text]
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204-5003, USA.
authors.forename: Darren
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Seema
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Muranjan
authors.forename: Youngchan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.forename: Randolph
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Thummel