Photodynamics of the tris(2,2'-bipyrazine)ruthenium(2+)/methylviologen/EDTA system in aqueous solution

Journal Article · Wed May 14 00:00:00 EDT 1986 · J. Am. Chem. Soc.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00270a013· OSTI ID:5454788

Prasad, D R; Hoffman, M Z

Luminescence quenching and flash photolysis (pulsed laser and conventional) techniques have been employed to study the photodynamics of the Ru(bpz)/sub 3//sup 2 +//EDTA system in aqueous solution (bpz = 2,2'-bipyrazine; MV/sup 2 +/ = methylviologen). The quenching of *Ru(bpz)/sub 3//sup 2 +/ by EDTA in alkaline solution via Stern-Volmer kinetics (kappa/sub q/ = 6.9 x 10/sup 8/ and 7.7 x 10/sup 8/ M/sup -1/s/sup 1/ at pH 8.7 and 11.0, respectively) generates Ru(bpz)/sub 3//sup +/ which reacts with MV/sup 2 +/ (kappa = 4.5 x 10/sup 9/ M/sup -1/ s/sup -1/) to yield MV/sup +/; the reducing EDTA radical, formed from the irreversible transformation of the species obtained from the oxidation of EDTA, reacts with MV/sup 2 +/ (kappa = 1.5 x 10/sup 9/ M/sup -1/ s/sup -1/) to yield a second equivalent of MV/sup +/. At pH 4.7, the quenching of *Ru(bpz)/sub 3//sup 2 +/ by EDTA does not follow Stern-Volmer kinetics; kappa/sub q/ approaches approx.2 x 10/sup 8/ and approx.2 x 10/sup 7/ M/sup -1/ s/sup -1/ in the limits of low and high (EDTA), respectively. The quantum yields of MV/sup +/ in acidic solution are dramatically lower than in neutral and alkaline solution due to the lower efficiencies of the quenching and cage release processes and the decreased reactivities of the protonated forms of Ru(bpz)/sub 3//sup +/ and reducing EDTA radicals toward MV/sup 2 +/.

• Research Organization: Boston Univ., MA
• OSTI ID: 5454788
• Journal Information: J. Am. Chem. Soc.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Am. Chem. Soc.; (United States) Vol. 108:10; ISSN JACSA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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AZINES
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DE-EXCITATION
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