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Title: Solvent dependence of metal-to-ligand charge-transfer transitions. Evidence for initial electron localization in MLCT excited states of 2,2'-bipyridine complexes of ruthenium(II) and osmium(II)

Journal Article · · Inorg. Chem.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ic00182a023· OSTI ID:5890355

Metal-to-ligand charge-transfer (MLCT) absorption bands for the complexes Ru(bpy)/sub 3//sup 2 +/, Os(bpy)/sub 3//sup 2 +/, Os(bpy)/sub 2/(py)/sub 2//sup 2 +/, Os(bpy)/sub 2/(CH/sub 3/CN)/sub 2//sup 2 +/, and Os(bpy)/sub 2/(1,2-(Ph/sub 2/P)/sub 2/C/sub 6/H/sub 4/)/sup 2 +/ (bpy is 2,2'-bipyridiene;py is pyridine) are solvent dependent. The dependence can be interpreted with use of dielectric continuum theory but the D/sub 3/ ions Ru(bpy)/sub 3//sup 2 +/ and Os(bpy)/sub 3//sup 2 +/ only if in the excited state the excited electron is localized on a single ligand rather than delocalized over all three. 37 references, 4 figures, 2 tables.

Research Organization:
Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
OSTI ID:
5890355
Journal Information:
Inorg. Chem.; (United States), Vol. 23:14
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English