Heteroleptic dipyrrin/bipyridine complexes of ruthenium(II)

Serena J Smalley; Mark R Waterland; Shane G Telfer

doi:10.1021/ic8016497

Heteroleptic dipyrrin/bipyridine complexes of ruthenium(II)

Inorg Chem. 2009 Jan 5;48(1):13-5. doi: 10.1021/ic8016497.

Authors

Serena J Smalley¹, Mark R Waterland, Shane G Telfer

Affiliation

¹ MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Institute of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University, Private Bag 11222, Palmerston North, New Zealand.

PMID: 19049421
DOI: 10.1021/ic8016497

Abstract

The synthesis and characterization of a series of heteroleptic dipyrrinato/2,2'-bipyridine complexes of ruthenium(II) are reported. Spectroscopic analysis, including resonance Raman, indicates that the complexes are only weakly emissive and that the dipyrrin and Ru --> bipyridine (metal-to-ligand charge transfer) chromophores are uncoupled.