Synthesis and properties of the elusive ruthenium(II) complexes of 4'-cyano-2,2':6',2' '-terpyridine

Jianhua Wang; Yuan-Qing Fang; Garry S Hanan; Frédérique Loiseau; Sebastiano Campagna

doi:10.1021/ic048891p

Synthesis and properties of the elusive ruthenium(II) complexes of 4'-cyano-2,2':6',2' '-terpyridine

Inorg Chem. 2005 Jan 10;44(1):5-7. doi: 10.1021/ic048891p.

Authors

Jianhua Wang¹, Yuan-Qing Fang, Garry S Hanan, Frédérique Loiseau, Sebastiano Campagna

Affiliation

¹ Département de Chimie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada.

PMID: 15627352
DOI: 10.1021/ic048891p

Abstract

The heteroleptic and homoleptic ruthenium(II) complexes of 4'-cyano-2,2':6',2' '-terpyridine are synthesized by palladium catalyzed cyanation of the corresponding Ru(II) complexes of 4'-chloro-2,2':6',2' '-terpyridine. The introduction of the strongly electron-withdrawing cyano group into the Ru(tpy)(2)(2+) moiety dramatically changes its photophysical and redox properties as well as prolongs its room temperature excited-state lifetime.