4'-(Ferroceny
l)-2,2':6',2' '-terpyridine (Fctpy) and 4'-(4-pyridy
l)-2,2':6',2' '-terpyridine (pytpy) were prepared fromthe corresponding ferrocene- and pyridinecarboxa
ldehy
le and 2-acety
lpyridine using the Krohnke syntheticmethodo
logy. Meta
l comp
lexes, [M(Fctpy)
2](PF
6)
2 (M = Ru, Fe, Zn), [Ru(tpy)(Fctpy)](PF
6)
2 (tpy = 2,2':6',6' '-terpyridine), and [Ru(pytpy)
2](PF
6)
2 were prepared and characterized. Cyc
lic vo
ltammetric ana
lysis indicated Ru
III/IIand ferrocenium/ferrocene redox coup
les near expected potentia
ls (Ru
III/II ~1.3 V and ferrocenium/ferrocene ~0.6V vs Ag/AgC
l). In addition to dominant
tpy
tpy* UV absorptions near 240 and 280 nm and d
Ru
tpy*MLCT absorptions around 480 nm, the comp
lexes [Ru(Fctpy)
2](PF
6)
2 and [Ru(tpy)(Fctpy)](PF
6)
2 exhibit an unusua
labsorption band around 530 nm. Resonance Raman measurements indicate that this band is due to a
1[(d(
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)
Fc)
6]
1[(d(
![](/images/gifchars/pi.gif)
)
Fc)
5(
![](/images/gifchars/pi.gif)
*
tpyRu)
1] transition. For [Ru(Fctpy)
2](PF
6)
2 and [Ru(tpy)(Fctpy)](PF
6)
2, excited-state emission and
lifetime measurements indicated an upper-
limit emission quantum yie
ld of 0.003 and an upper-
limit emission
lifetime of 0.025
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s. The inf
luence of the ferroceny
l site on excited-state decay is discussed, and an excited-stateenergy
leve
l diagram is proposed.