Ferrocene and Tetrathiafulvalene Redox Interplay across a Bis-acetylide鈥揜uthenium Bridge

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• 作者：Antoine Vacher ; Fr茅d茅ric Barri猫re ; Dominique Lorcy
• 刊名：Organometallics
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：October 28, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：32
• 期：20
• 页码：6130-6135
• 全文大小：343K
• 年卷期：v.32,no.20(October 28, 2013)
• ISSN：1520-6041

文摘

The interplay between two different peripheral electrophores, ferrocene (Fc) and tetrathiafulvalene (TTF), across a bis-acetylide ruthenium organometallic bridge has been studied within the novel complex trans-[Ru(C鈮Me₃TTF)(C鈮Fc)(dppe)₂] (3) (HC鈮Me₃TTF = 4-ethynyl-4鈥?5,5鈥?trimethyltetrathiafulvalene). A series of experimental data (electrochemistry, UV鈥搗isible spectroelectrochemistry, IR and EPR spectroscopy) and comparison with related complexes from the literature and with the properties of the Fc-C鈮Me₃TTF species (4) have allowed the confident assignment of the electron transfer series in 3 and 4. Cyclic voltammetry experiments in dichloromethane in two supporting electrolytes ([NBu₄][PF₆] and [Na][B(C₆H₄(CF₃)₂)₄]) have evidenced the extent of the electrostatic effects on the redox potentials in 3. The results of theoretical calculations (DFT) are consistent with these redox potential assignments but suggest some electronic coupling among the three coupled electrophores, the TTF, the Fc, and the Ru(II) center in 3^鈥? and 3²⁺ and within Fc and TTF in 4^鈥?. Taken together, these data show that the organometallic bis-acetylide ruthenium bridges mediate some appreciable electronic coupling between the two different ferrocene and tetrathiafulvalene electrophores.