The complex framework [Ru(tpy)(dpk)]
2+ has been used to study the generation and reactivity of the nitrosyl complex[Ru(tpy)(dpk)(NO)]
3+ ([
4]
3+). Stepwise conversion of the chloro complex [Ru(tpy)(dpk)(Cl)]
+ ([
1]
+) via [Ru(tpy)(dpk)(CH
3CN)]
2+ ([
2]
2+) and the nitro compound [Ru(tpy)(dpk)(NO
2)]
+ ([
3]
+) yielded [
4]
3+; all four complexes were structurallycharacterized as perchlorates. Electrochemical oxidation and reduction was investigated as a function of themonodentate ligand as was the IR and UV-vis spectroscopic response (absorption/emission). The kinetics of theconversion [
4]
3+/[
3]
+ in aqueous environment were also studied. Two-step reduction of [
4]
3+ was monitored viaEPR, UV-vis, and IR (
(NO),
(CO)) spectroelectrochemistry to confirm the {RuNO}
7 configuration of [
4]
2+ andto exhibit a relatively intense band at 505 nm for [
4]
+, attributed to a ligand-to-ligand transition originating frombound NO
-.