title: From ruthenium(II) to iridium(III): 15 years of triads based on bis-terpyridine complexes.
abstract: In order to mimic the photosynthetic reaction centre and better understand photoinduced electron transfer processes, a family of compounds has been studied for the past 15 years. These are transition metal complexes, M(tpy)(2) where tpy is a 2,2':6',2" terpyridine based ligand, bearing on one side a donor group and on the other side an acceptor group. The resulting triad molecules or their two-component reference compounds (donor-M(tpy)(2) and M(tpy)(2-acceptor) can contain Ru, Os, Rh or Ir as the metal centre and both visible-light non absorbing groups and porphyrins as donor and acceptor groups. This tutorial review will briefly present the different systems studied and the reasons that led to the preparation of new systems with improved performances.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Chimie Organo-Minérale, CNRS UMR 7513, Université Louis Pasteur, Institut Le Bel, 4 rue Blaise Pascal, F-67070 Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: Etienne
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Baranoff
authors.forename: Jean-Paul
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Collin
authors.forename: Lucia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Flamigni
authors.forename: Jean-Pierre
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Sauvage
mesh_terms: D040761:Biomimetic Materials / Q000737:chemistry; D004579:Electron Transport; D007495:Iridium / Q000737:chemistry*; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D010777:Photochemistry; D045322:Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D011166:Porphyrins / Q000737:chemistry; D011725:Pyridines / Q000737:chemistry*; D012241:Rhodopseudomonas / Q000378:metabolism; D012428:Ruthenium / Q000737:chemistry*; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D045322:Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins; D011166:Porphyrins; D011725:Pyridines; D007495:Iridium; D012428:Ruthenium