title: Charge gating and electronic delocalization over a denderimeric assembly of trinuclear ruthenium clusters.
abstract: A zeroth-order dendrimer was formed using a tridentate bridging ligand, 2,4,6-tri-4-pyridyl-S-triazine, and the redox-active trinuclear ruthenium cluster Ru3O(OAc)6(CO)(py)(H2O). The electronic properties of this dendrimer were probed using cyclic voltammetry. IR spectroelectrochemistry was performed at both low (-30 degrees C) and room temperature. The IR spectroelectrochemical response at -30 degrees C was straightforward, but at room temperature, the dendrimer exhibits an unusual and complex series of electronic behaviors, including intramolecular cluster-to-bridging-ligand charge transfer, gated electron transfer, and dynamic exchange on the IR time scale.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California-San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0358, USA.
authors.forename: Benjamin J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Lear
authors.forename: Clifford P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Kubiak
mesh_terms: D050091:Dendrimers / Q000737:chemistry*; D004583:Electrons; D008024:Ligands; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D012428:Ruthenium / Q000737:chemistry*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D050091:Dendrimers; D008024:Ligands; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D012428:Ruthenium