Four new complex salts
trans-[Ru
IICl(pdma)
2L
A][PF
6]
n [pdma = 1,2-phenylenebis(dimethylarsine); L
A = 1,4-bis[
E-2-(4-pyridyl)ethenyl]benzene (bpvb),
n = 1,
1; L
A =
N-methyl-1,4-bis(
E-2-(4-pyridyl)ethenyl)benzene (Mebpvb
+),
n= 2,
2; L
A =
N-phenyl-1,4-bis(
E-2-(4-pyridyl)ethenyl)benzene (Phbpvb
+),
n = 2,
3; L
A =
N-(2-pyrimidyl)-1,4-bis(
E-2-(4-pyridyl)ethenyl)benzene (Pymbpvb
+),
n = 2,
4] have been prepared. The electronic absorption spectra of
1-
4 display intense, visible metal-to-ligand charge-transfer (MLCT) bands, with
max values in the range 432-474nm in acetonitrile. Intense intraligand charge-transfer (ILCT) bands due to L
A are also observed, with
max valuesin the range 350-416 nm. Cyclic voltammetric studies in acetonitrile reveal reversible Ru
III/II waves with
E1/2 valuesof ca. 1.05 V vs Ag/AgCl, together with L
A-based reduction processes that are irreversible with the exception of
1.Salts
1-
4 have been investigated by using Stark (electroabsorption) spectroscopy in butyronitrile glasses at 77 K.These studies have afforded dipole moment changes,
12, for the MLCT and ILCT transitions which have beenused to calculate molecular static first hyperpolarizabilities,
0, according to the two-state equation
0 = 3
12(
12)
2/(
Emax)
2 (
12 = transition dipole moment,
Emax = MLCT/ILCT energy). In contrast with related Ru
II amminecomplexes, replacement of a central
E-ethylene bond with a 1,4-phenylene unit does not appear to be an especiallyeffective strategy for combating the NLO transparency-efficiency tradeoff in these pdma complexes. Single-crystalX-ray studies with the complex salts
2 and
3 and also with the pro-ligand salt [Phbpvb
+]PF
6·0.5HPF
6 show thatthese materials all adopt centrosymmetric packing structures.