Syntheses and electronic, electrochemical, and theoretical studies of a series of mu-oxo-triruthenium carboxylates bearing orthometalated phenazines

Author(s)

da Silva, Camila F. N. ^[1] ; Al-Afyouni, Malik ^[2] ; Xue, Congcong ^[2] ; Ferreira, Frederico Henrique do C. ^[3] ; Costa, Luiz Antonio S. ^[3] ; Turro, Claudia ^[2] ; Nikolaou, Sofia ^[1]

Affiliation

^[1] Univ Sao Paulo, LABIQSC2 Lab Atividade Biol & Quim Supramol Compo, Dept Quim, Fac Filosofia Ciencias & Letras Ribeirao Preto, Ave Bandeirantes 3900, BR-14040901 Ribeirao Preto, SP - Brazil

^[2] Ohio State Univ, Dept Chem & Biochem, Columbus, OH 43210 - USA

^[3] Univ Fed Juiz de Fora, NEQC, Dept Quim, ICE, BR-36036900 Juiz De Fora, MG - Brazil

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: DALTON TRANSACTIONS; v. 49, n. 5, p. 1688-1698, FEB 7 2020.
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Abstract

This work reports a series of five-acetate triruthenium clusters {[}Ru3O(OAc)(5)(L)(py)(2)]PF6, where L = dppn (benzo{[}i]dipyrido{[}3,2-a:2',3'-c]phenazine, 1); dppz (dipyrido{[}3,2-a:2',3'-c]phenazine, 2); CH3-dppz (7-methyldipyrido {[}3,2-a:2',3'-c] phenazine, 3); Cl-dppz (7-chlorodipyrido {[}3,2-a:2',3'-c] phenazine, 4); and phen (1,10-phenanthroline, 5). The EPR spectra collected at 10 K displayed one isotropic signal without a hyperfine structure and with g values of similar to 2.0, which showed that the five-acetate triruthenium clusters are paramagnetic, and that their electronic delocalization resembled the electronic delocalization of the parent hexa-acetate complexes. H-1 NMR analysis showed that the orthometalated phenazines lowered the symmetry of the compounds significantly. Inductive effects from the carbanion and ring current effects outweighed the effect of paramagnetic anisotropy and dominated the spectra. This resulted in a lack of typical correlations with ligand parameters such as pK(a) that are observed for the parent hexa-acetate compounds. DFT calculations allowed for a discussion of those parameters in terms of the optimized geometry of compound 2. Natural bond orbital (NBO) results, in turn, aided the rationalization of the orthometalation reaction. The intra-cluster transitions (IC) at similar to 690 nm consistently shifted to higher energies, and the redox pair {[}Ru3O](0/+1) also shifted to more positive E-1/2 values. Again, the shifts were small and produced poor correlations with phenazine basicity. Overall, the substitution of one acetate bridge caused poor pi-interactions between the delocalized {[}Ru3O] unit and the phenazine electron cloud. fsTA experiments, performed for the first time for such systems, showed that an (IC)-I-2 excited state decayed very fast on the picosecond timescale. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 17/15202-9 - Photochemical research and systematic in vitro study of the interaction mechanisms in novel trinuclear ruthenium complexes with DNA using different techniques
• Grantee: Camila Fontes Neves da Silva
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate
• FAPESP's process: 14/25561-8 - Trinuclear ruthenium carboxylates with functional ligands CO, NO and intercalators: chemical study and interactions with biomolecules target
• Grantee: Camila Fontes Neves da Silva
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• FAPESP's process: 18/18060-3 - Use of inorganic supramolecular structures for the development of functional molecules and controlled release of bioactive species
• Grantee: Sofia Nikolaou
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants