Cyanide-bridged tetradecanuclear RuII3MII11 clusters (MII=ZnII and CuII) based on the high connectivity building block [Ru3(HAT)(CN)12]6-: structural and photophysical properties

Juan Manuel Herrera; Enrique Colacio; Corine Mathonière; Duane Choquesillo-Lazarte; Michael D Ward

doi:10.1039/b807364c

Cyanide-bridged tetradecanuclear RuII3MII11 clusters (MII=ZnII and CuII) based on the high connectivity building block [Ru3(HAT)(CN)12]6-: structural and photophysical properties

Chem Commun (Camb). 2008 Oct 7:(37):4460-2. doi: 10.1039/b807364c. Epub 2008 Jul 25.

Authors

Juan Manuel Herrera¹, Enrique Colacio, Corine Mathonière, Duane Choquesillo-Lazarte, Michael D Ward

Affiliation

¹ Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, Avda. Fuentenueva s/n, 18071, Granada, Spain. jmherrera@ugr.es

PMID: 18802590
DOI: 10.1039/b807364c

Abstract

Reaction of the anionic cyanometallate chromophore [{Ru(CN)4}3(micro3-HAT)]6- with [MII(tren)]2+ complexes (M=ZnII, CuII) provides discrete tetradecanuclear clusters of formula [{MII(tren)(micro-CN)}11{Ru3(HAT)(CN)}]16+; the weak luminescence of the Ru3 chromophore is substantially enhanced in the presence of ZnII ions, whereas it is completely quenched when CuII centers are present.