I
ntramolecular electro
n tra
nsfers withi
n the mixed vale
nce states of the liga
nd bridged hexaruthe
niumclusters Ru
3(
ntities/mgr.gif">
3-O)(
ntities/mgr.gif">-CH
3CO
2)
6(CO)(L)(
ntities/mgr.gif">-L')Ru
3(
ntities/mgr.gif">
3-O)(
ntities/mgr.gif">-CH
3CO
2)
6(CO)(L) (L' = 1,4-pyrazi
ne; L = 4-dimethylami
nopyridi
ne (
1), pyridi
ne (
2), 4-cya
nopyridi
ne (
3), or L' = 4,4'-bipyridi
ne; L = 4-dimethylami
nopyridi
ne (
4), pyridi
ne (
5), 4-cya
nopyridi
ne (
6)) were exami
ned. Two discrete a
nd reversible si
ngle electro
nreductio
ns are evide
nt by cyclic voltammetry i
n the redox chemistry of
1-
5, a
nd the i
ntercluster charge-tra
nsfer complexes are well-defi
ned. The splitti
ng of the reductio
n waves,
E, is related to the electro
niccoupli
ng
HAB betwee
n the triruthe
nium clusters, a
nd varies from 80 mV for
5 to 440 mV for
1. I
n the case of
6, the splitti
ng of the reductio
n waves,
E, is <50 mV a
nd the i
ntercluster charge-tra
nsfer complex is
notdefi
ned. The mixed vale
nce states of
1-
3 also exhibit i
ntervale
nce charge tra
nsfer (ICT) ba
nds i
n the regio
n12 100 (
1) to 10 800 cm
-1 (
3) which provide spectroscopic estimates of
HAB i
n the ra
nge 2180 (
1) to 1310cm
-1 (
3). The mag
nitude of the electro
nic coupli
ng
HAB is fou
nd to stro
ngly i
nflue
nce the IR spectra of thesi
ngly reduced (-1) mixed vale
nce states of
1-
6 i
n the
nu.gif" BORDER=0 >(CO) regio
n. I
n the case of relatively weak electro
niccoupli
ng (
4-
6), two
nu.gif" BORDER=0 >(CO) ba
nds are clearly resolved. I
n the cases of stro
ng electro
nic coupli
ng (
1-
3), theseba
nds broade
n to a si
ngle
nu.gif" BORDER=0 >(CO) absorptio
n ba
nd. These data allow the rate co
nsta
nts,
ke, for electro
n tra
nsferi
n the mixed vale
nce states of
1,
2, a
nd
3 to be estimated by simulati
ng dy
namical effects (Bloch-type equatio
ns)o
n nu.gif" BORDER=0 >(CO) absorptio
n ba
nd shape at 9 × 10
11, 5 × 10
11, a
nd ca. 1 × 10
11 s
-1, respectively. The less stro
nglycoupled 4,4'-bipyridi
ne-bridged complexes
4-
6 exhibit IR li
ne shapes i
n the -1 mixed vale
nce states that are
not as stro
ngly affected by electro
n-tra
nsfer dy
namics. The rate co
nsta
nt for the -1 mixed vale
nce state of
4is close to the lower limit that ca
n be estimated by this approach, betwee
n 1 × 10
10 a
nd 1 × 10
11 s
-1.