title: Synthesis, characterization, and electrochemistry of diruthenium(III,II) and monoruthenium(III) complexes containing pyridyl-substituted 2-anilinopyridinate ligands.
abstract: Reaction of the metal-metal bonded complex Ru(2)(O2CCH3)4Cl with 2-anilino-4-methylpyridine leads to the (3,1) isomer of the diruthenium(III,II) complex Ru2(ap-4-Me)4Cl, 1 while the same reaction with 2-anilino-6-methylpyridine gives the monoruthenium(III) derivative Ru(ap-6-Me)3, 2. Both compounds were examined as to their structural, electrochemical, and UV-visible properties, and the data were then compared to that previously reported for (4,0) Ru2(2-Meap)4Cl and other (3,1) isomers of Ru2(L)4Cl with similar anionic bridging ligands. ESR spectroscopy indicates that the monoruthenium derivative 2 contains low-spin Ru(III), and the presence of a single ruthenium atom is confirmed by an X-ray structure of the compound. The combined electrochemical and UV-vis spectroelectrochemical data indicate that the diruthenium complex 1 is easily converted to its Ru2(4+) and Ru2(6+) forms upon reduction or oxidation by one electron while the monoruthenium derivative 2 also undergoes metal-centered redox processes to give Ru(II) and Ru(IV) complexes under the same solution conditions. The reactivity of 1 with CO and CN- was also examined.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204-5003, USA.
authors.forename: Karl M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Kadish
authors.forename: Minh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Van Caemelbecke
authors.forename: John L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Bear