Diruthenium, diiron and mixed ruthenium–iron tetraiminediphenolate macrocyclic complexes: Synthetic route, spectroscopy, molecular mechanics and redox properties

• Published in: Spectrochimica acta. Part A, Molecular and biomolecular spectroscopy Vol. 67; no. 1; pp. 145 - 149
• Main Authors: Raimondi, Angela C., Evans, David J., Hasegawa, Tai, Drechsel, Sueli M., Nunes, Fábio S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier B.V 01-05-2007
• Subjects: Electrochemistry; Heterocyclic Compounds, 3-Ring - chemistry; Iron; Iron - chemistry; Magnesium - chemistry; Models, Molecular; Molecular mechanics; Organometallic Compounds - chemistry; Oxidation-Reduction; Ruthenium; Ruthenium - chemistry; Spectrophotometry; Spectrophotometry, Infrared; Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; Spectroscopy; Spectroscopy, Mossbauer; Tetraiminediphenolate macrocycle; Molecular mechanics; Electrochemistry; Spectroscopy; Iron; Ruthenium; Tetraiminediphenolate macrocycle
• ISSN: 1386-1425
• DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2006.06.034

A series of diruthenium(II), [Ru
2(tidf)Cl
2(H
2O)
2]·H
2O, diiron(II) [Fe
2(tidf)(MeOH)
4](ClO
4)
2 and mixed ruthenium(II)–iron(II) [Ru(MeOH)
2FeCl(H
2O)(tidf)](ClO
4) (tidf
=
a two compartment tetraiminediphenolate macrocycle) complexes were prepared and characterized by elemental analysis, FTIR, UV–vis, cyclic voltammetry and semi-empirical molecular mechanics calculations.