Synthesis and linkage isomerization of thiolato-bridged Ru IIAgiRuII trinuclear complex with D-penicillaminate

Motoshi Tamura, Masakazu Yamagishi, Tatsuya Kawamoto, Asako Igashira-Kamiyama, Kiyoshi Tsuge, Takumi Konno*

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Abstract

The reaction of [Ru(solvent)2(bpy)2]2+ (bpy = 2,2′-bipyridine) with D-H2pen (D-penicillamine) in ethanol/water in the presence of Ag+ gave a thiolato-bridged Ru IIAgIRuII trinuclear complex, [Ag{Ru(D-Hpen)(bpy)2}2]3+ ([1]3+), in which two octahedral [RuII(D-Hpen)(bpy)2]+ units are linked by a linear AgI ion. Of three possible isomers (ΔDΔD, ΔDΛ D, and ΛDΛD), [1]3+ formed the ΔDΔD and ΔDΔ D isomers that were separately isolated by fractional crystallization with the use of [Sb2(R,R-tartrato)2]2-. In [1]3+, each D-Hpen ligand chelates to a RuII center through thiolate and carboxylate groups, while an amine group of D-Hpen is protonated and does not participate in the coordination. On refluxing in ethanol/water, the ΔDΔD isomer of [1] 3+ was converted to ΔDΔD-[2] 3+, in which each D-Hpen ligand chelates to a RuII center through thiolate and amine groups with a non-coordinating carboxyl group. On the other hand, a similar thermal linkage isomerization was not noticed for the ΛDΛD isomer of [1]3+ under the same conditions. The isolated ΔDΔD-[1] 3+, ΛDΛD-[1]3+, and ΔD-[2]3+ were fully characterized by electronic absorption, CD, and NMR spectroscopies, along with single-crystal X-ray crystallography for ΛDΛD-[1]3+ and ΔDΔD-[2]3+.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)8998-9004
Number of pages7
JournalInorganic Chemistry
Volume48
Issue number18
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009/09/21

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry

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