Chemistry Faculty Scholarship

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2011

Publication Title

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry

Publisher

elsevier

Keywords

Ruthenium complex, Excited state, Emission, Transient absorption

Abstract

Two new Ru(II) complexes, [Ru(bpy)2(1-COO-iqu)]+ (2; bpy = 2,2_-bipyridine, 1-COO-iqu− = isoquinoline- 1-carboxylate) and [Ru(bpy)2(3-COO-iqu)]+ (3; 3-COO-iqu− = isoquinoline-3-carboxylate), were prepared and their crystal structures solved. The ground and excited state properties of 2 and 3 were characterized and compared to those of [Ru(bpy)3]2+ (1). The presence of the oxygen atom in the Ru(II) coordination sphere makes 2 and 3 easier to oxidize than 1. The Ru→bpy MLCT absorption and emission of 2 and 3 are red-shifted relative to that of 1 in CH2Cl2, and the E00 energies were estimated to be 1.89 eV and 1.95 eV from the low temperature emission of 2 and 3, resulting in excited state oxidation potentials of −1.03V and −1.10V vs SCE, respectively. In addition to the short-lived emissive 3MLCT state, a longlived species is observed in the transient absorption of 3 in DMSO (Ƭ=49μs) and pyridine (Ƭ =44μs), assigned to a solvent-coordinated complex. This intermediate is not observed for 3 in non-polar solvents or for 2. The absence of the solvent coordinated intermediate in 2 is explained by the stronger Ru–O bond afforded by the lower conjugation in that extends onto the carboxylic acid in the 1-COO-iquo−ligand, compared to that in the 3-COO-iqu−ligand in 3. Transient absorption experiments also show that the 3MLCT excited state of 3 is able to reduce methyl viologen.

First Page

100

Last Page

107

Volume

Volume 217

Issue

1

DOI

10.1016/j.jphotochem.2010.09.025

Version

Post-Print

Peer Reviewed

1

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Chemistry Commons

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