Hua-Xin Zhang, Kiyoshi Tsuge, Yoichi Sasaki, Masatoshi Osawa, Masaaki Abe
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY (33) 5132-5143 2011年11月 査読有り
Three new mu-oxo-bis(mu-acetato)diruthenium(III) complexes,trans(mu-O,OH2)-[Ru2(mu-O)(mu-CH3COO)2(bpy)2(H2O)2][PF6]2.3H2O ([1][PF6]2.3H2O; bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine), trans(mu-O,CN)-[{Ru2(mu-O)(mu-CH3COO)2(bpy)2}2{mu Ag(CN)2}{mu Ag2(CN)3}][Ag(CN)2][Ag2(CN)3](CH3CN)4(CH2Cl2) (2), and cis(mu-O,CN)-[Ru2(mu-O)(mu-CH3COO)2(bpy)2(CN)2]center dot CH3OH center dot H2O([3]center dot CH3OH center dot H2O), have been prepared and their X-ray crystal structures determined. Whereas [1]2+ and 3 are discrete species, 2 is a polymer in which the AgCN groups act as bridges through RuCN(or NC)Ag linkages. The discrete complexes dissolve in common solvents, but 2 is only slightly soluble in acetonitrile and dimethyl formamide (DMF) to give fragmented species (denoted as 2') in solution. Redox waves of 3 were observed at 0.83 (Epc) and +0.76 V (E1/2) versus Ag/AgCl in a solution of 0.1 M nBu4NPF6 in CH2Cl2, which correspond to the Ru2II,III/Ru2III,III and Ru2III,III/Ru2III,IV processes, respectively. The corresponding redox couples (E1/2) of [1]2+ were observed at 0.31 and +0.76 V in 0.1 M NaClO4 aqueous solution. Significantly more negative potentials of the Ru2II,III/Ru2III,III couple for the two cyano complexes (E1/2 = 0.77 V for 2') are noted. Complexes [1]2+, 2', and 3 exhibit strong visible absorption bands at max = 566 nm (= 12600 M1cm1; in H2O), 636 nm (21000 M1cm1; in acetonitrile), and 558 nm (18000 M1cm-1; in H2O), respectively. Density functional theory (DFT) molecular orbital calculations have been carried out for [1]2+, trans(mu-O,CN)-[Ru2(mu-O)(mu-CH3COO)2(bpy)2(CN)2] (2a, a model compound for 2'), 3, [Ru2(mu-O)(mu-CH3COO)2(py)6]2+ ([4]2+), and trans(mu-O,py)-[Ru2(mu-O)(mu-CH3COO)2(bpy)2(py)2]2+ ([5]2+; py = pyridine). It was revealed that the frontier orbitals of these complexes are dominated by the Ru(dp)mu-O(pp) type p systems. For the cyano complexes, energies of these p-type MOs are lifted up by the interaction with CN, so that the energy difference with the upper bpy p(*) orbitals becomes smaller. Thus, whereas the visible absorption bands of [1]2+, [4]2+, and [5]2+ are ascribed to the transitions within the p system metal-to-metal charge transfer (MMCT), those of 2' and 3 are ascribed to the HOMO-to-ligand p(*) (bpy) transition metal-to-ligand charge transfer (MLCT) and to the mixture of MMCT and MLCT (HOMO1 to p(star)), respectively.