title: Chromium(III) complexes for photochemical nitric oxide generation from coordinated nitrite: synthesis and photochemistry of macrocyclic complexes with pendant chromophores, trans-[Cr(L)(ONO)(2)]BF(4).
abstract: Several new dinitritochromium(III) complexes of the type trans-[Cr(L)(ONO)(2)]BF(4), where L is a derivative of the macrocyclic ligand cyclam having pendant aromatic chromophores attached (L = 5,7-dimethyl-6-(substituted)-1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane), have been prepared and characterized. Photoexcitation of aqueous solutions containing these complexes at wavelengths corresponding to the pendant chromophore absorption bands led to the generation of NO as detected by an electrochemical sensor. Photophysical data show that the expected fluorescence of the pendant chromophores is largely quenched when the macrocyclic ligand is coordinated to these Cr(III) centers, and this is interpreted in terms of fast energy transfer processes from the ligand-centered pipi states to the Cr(III)-centered ligand field states leading to subsequent cleavage of the Cr(III)-coordinated nitrito ligand. Thus, the chromophores tethered to the coordinated cyclam serve as light-gathering antennae for the intramolecular sensitization of the NO-generating photoreactions at the metal center.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106-9510.
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Derosa
authors.forename: Xianhui
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Bu
authors.forename: Peter C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Ford
mesh_terms: D002857:Chromium / Q000737:chemistry*; D006571:Heterocyclic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D008024:Ligands; D008163:Luminescent Measurements; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D010777:Photochemistry; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D006571:Heterocyclic Compounds; D008024:Ligands; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D002857:Chromium; C024560:cyclam; D009569:Nitric Oxide