title: Surface coordination of nitric oxide to a self-assembled monolayer of a triruthenium cluster: an in situ infrared spectroscopic study.
abstract: Coordination of nitric oxide (NO) to a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) of a triruthenium (Ru(3)) cluster, [Ru(3)(micro(3)-O)(micro-CH(3)COO)(6)(CO)(L(1))(L(2))] (0) (L(1) = [(NC(5)H(4))CH(2)NHC(O)(CH(2))(10)S-](2), L(2) = 4-methylpyridine), on a gold electrode surface has been studied by electrochemical and in situ infrared (IR) spectroscopic measurements. Ligand substitution reaction of NO for carbon monoxide (CO) ligands in the SAM strongly depends on the oxidation state of the terminal Ru(3) cluster. NO can be introduced into the Ru(3) cluster in the SAM with a high yield after one-electron oxidation of the Ru(3) core to a (III,III,III) oxidation state, while no coordination reaction occurs at the initial oxidation state (II,III,III) of the Ru(3) cluster. The kinetics of the NO coordination and desorption processes is also evaluated by time-resolved in situ IR spectroscopy. Finally, we demonstrate that the SAM with NO/CO randomly mixed ligands at a desired ratio can be constructed on the gold surface by tuning a suitable oxidation state of the Ru 3 cluster under electrochemical control.
authors.affiliation: Catalysis Research Center, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 001-0021, Division of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Masaaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: Kohei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Uosaki
authors.forename: Masatoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Osawa
authors.forename: Yoichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: Shen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ye