Self-assembly of Ru-4 and Ru-8 assemblies by coordination using organometallic Ru(II)(2) precursors: Synthesis, characterization and properties

Shanmugaraju, Sankarasekaran and Samanta, Dipak and Mukherjee, Partha Sarathi (2012) Self-assembly of Ru-4 and Ru-8 assemblies by coordination using organometallic Ru(II)(2) precursors: Synthesis, characterization and properties. In: Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, 8 . pp. 313-322.

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Abstract

Coordination-driven self-assembly of binuclear half-sandwich p-cymene ruthenium(II) complexes [Ru-2(mu-eta(4)-C2O4)(MeOH)(2)(eta(6)-p-cymene)(2)](O3SCF3)(2) (1a) or [Ru-2(mu-eta(4)-N,N'-diphenyloxamidato)(MeOH)(2)(eta(6)-p-cymene)(2)]( O3SCF3)(2) (1b) separately with an imidazole-based tetratopic donor L in methanol affords two tetranuclear metallamacrocycles 2a and 2b, respectively. Conversely, the similar combination of L with 2,5-dihydroxy-1,4-benzoquinonato (dhbq) bridged binuclear complex [Ru-2(mu-eta(C6H2O4)-C-4)(MeOH)(2)(eta(6)-p-cymene)(2)](O3SCF3)(2) (1c) in 1:2 molar ratio resulted in an octanuclear macrocyclic cage 2c. All the self-assembled macrocycles 2a-2c were isolated as their triflate salts in high yields and were characterized fully by multinuclear (H-1, C-13 and F-19) NMR, infrared (IR) and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESIMS). In addition, the molecular structure of macrocycle 2a was established unequivocally by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis and adopts a tetranuclear rectangular geometry with the dimensions of 5.53 angstrom x 12.39 angstrom. Furthermore, the photo-and electrochemical properties of these newly synthesized assemblies have been studied by using UV-vis absorption and cyclic voltammetry analysis.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry
Publisher:	Beilstein-Institut
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Beilstein-Institut.
Keywords:	cages;macrocycles;ruthenium(II);self-assembly;self-sorting
Department/Centre:	Division of Chemical Sciences > Inorganic & Physical Chemistry
Date Deposited:	28 Mar 2012 05:20
Last Modified:	28 Mar 2012 05:20
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/44088

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