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Title: Spectroscopic and Theoretical Studies of Ruthenium Complexes with a Noninnocent N2S2 Ligand in Different Redox States

Journal Article · · Inorganic Chemistry

Herein we report an electronic structure investigation of neutral and oxidized Ru complexes containing a redox noninnocent N2S2 ligand derived from o-phenylenediamide (L1). UV–vis spectroelectrochemistry (SEC) studies were conducted on the square pyramidal complex [RuII(L1)(PPh3)] (1) and the six-coordinate complexes [RuII(μ-BH3)(L1)(PPh3)] (2) – which has BH3 bound in a metal–ligand cooperative (MLC) fashion across Ru and L1 – and [RuII(L1)(PPh3)(MeCN)] (3). The SEC results yielded spectra assigned to singly and doubly oxidized 1 and 3, revealing electronic structure changes as a function of oxidation state and in response to the presence and absence of bound MeCN. By contrast, the SEC results of 2 showed that it rapidly loses MLC-bound BH3 upon oxidation. The SEC results for 1 and 3 were compared to single-crystal XRD data and UV–vis, EPR, and P K-edge, S K-edge, and Ru L3-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) data collected on isolated samples of chemically oxidized 3. The data revealed that the first two oxidations are primarily localized on the ligand, which was supported by DFT and TDDFT calculations. DFT calculations for the doubly oxidized species revealed a singlet ground state with a singlet–triplet gap of 8.9 kcal/mol. CASPT2 calculations corroborated the DFT calculations and further revealed that the singlet ground state is multiconfigurational with 21% radical character. Collectively, the results establish redox formalisms and the underlying electronic structure of Ru complexes containing a noninnocent tetradentate ligand in different oxidation states.

Research Organization:
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-76SF00515
OSTI ID:
2583410
Journal Information:
Inorganic Chemistry, Journal Name: Inorganic Chemistry Journal Issue: 31 Vol. 64; ISSN 0020-1669; ISSN 1520-510X
Publisher:
American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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