title: 1,4-Benzene-bridged covalent hybrid of triarylamine and cyclometalated ruthenium: a new type of organic-inorganic mixed-valent system.
abstract: A 1,4-benzene-bridged covalent hybrid of triarylamine and cyclometalated ruthenium 1(2+) was isolated as a bench-stable open-shell substance. The free spin in this complex is mainly associated with the triarylamine unit, as indicated by EPR and DFT calculations and electrochemical analysis. It exhibits an intense intervalence-charge-transfer transition around 1050 nm that is not present in 1(+) and 1(3+).
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, PR China.
authors.forename: Chang-Jiang
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: Ren-Hui
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Yu-Wu
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Zhong
authors.forename: Jiannian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yao