Photoexcited states of dinuclear Ru complexes bridged by proton-dissociable benzimidazole derivatives

Masa aki Haga*, Md Meser Ali, Hatsuko Maegawa, Koichi Nozaki, Akio Yoshimura, Takeshi Ohno

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Abstract

New dinuclear Ru complexes containing proton dissociable benzimidazole derivatives have been prepared, in which 2,2'-bis(2-benzimidazolyl)-4,4'-bipyridine(bbbpyH2) is introduced as a new bridging ligand. New dinuclear Ru complexes can be classified into three types according to the number of the dissociable protons and redox activity of the central metal ions. Three types of complexes exhibit different switching modes on the redox behaviors, emission, or metal-metal interaction. The proton dissociation in dinuclear Ru complexes leads to the changes of redox potentials and donor property of the ligand, which induces the switching of redox and photochemical properties in the complexes.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)99-104
Number of pages6
JournalCoordination Chemistry Reviews
Volume132
Issue numberC
DOIs
StatePublished - 1994/05

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemistry
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

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