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Novel Polypyridyl Ruthenium(II) Complexes Containing Oxalamidines as Ligands.
The complexes [Ru(bpy)2(H2TPOA)](PF6)2 â
4H2O, (1); [Ru(Me-bpy)2(H2TPOA)](PF6)2
â
2H2O, (2); [Ru(bpy)2(H2TTOA)](PF6)2 â
2H2O, (3); [Ru(Me-bpy)2(H2TTOA)](PF6)2 â
2H2O,
(4) and {[Ru(bpy)2]2(TPOA)}(PF6)2 â
2H2O, (5) (where bpy is 2,2´bipyridine; Me-bpy is 4,4´-
dimethyl-2,2´-bipyridine; H2TPOA is N, N´, N´´, N´´´- tetraphenyloxalamidine; H2TTOA is
N, N´, N´´, N´´´- tetratolyloxalamidine) have been synthesized and characterized by 1H-NMR,
FAB-MS, infrared spectroscopy and elemental analysis. The X-ray investigation shows the
coordination of the still protonated oxalamidine moiety via the 1,2âdiimine unit. The dimeric
compound (5) could be separated in its diastereoisomers (5´) and (5´´) by repeated
recrystallisation. The diastereomeric forms exhibit different 1H-NMR spectra and slightly
shifted electronic spectra. Compared with the model compound [Ru(bpy)3]2+, the absorption
maxima of (1)â(5) are shifted to lower energies. The mononuclear complexes show Ru(III/II)-
couples at about 0.9 V vs SCE, while for the dinuclear complex two well defined metal based
redox couples are observed at 0.45 and 0.65 V indicating substantial interaction between the
two metal centres