An Unusual Dinuclear Ruthenium(III) Complex with a Conjugated Bridging Ligand Derived from Cleavage of a 1,4-Dihydro-1,2,4,5-Tetrazine Ring. Synthesis, Structure, and UV−Vis−NIR Spectroelectrochemical Characterization of a Five-Membered Redox Chain Incorporating Two Mixed-Valence States

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Abstract

Reaction of [Ru(acac)(2)(CH(3)CN)(2)] with 3,6-bis(3,5-dimethylpyrazol-1-yl)-1,4-dihydro-1,2,4,5-tetrazine (H(2)L) results in formation of an unexpected dinuclear complex [(acac)(2)Ru(III)(L(1))Ru(III)(acac)(2)] (1) in which the bridging ligand [L(1)](2)(-) contains an (-)HN[bond]C[double bond]N[bond]N[double bond]C[bond]NH(-) unit arising from two-electron reduction of the 1,4-dihydro-1,2,4,5-tetrazine component of H(2)L. The crystal structure of complex 1 confirms the oxidation assignment of the metal ions as Ru(III) and clearly shows the consequent arrangement of double and single bonds in the bridging ligand, which acts as a bis-bidentate chelate having two pyrazolyl/amido chelating sites. Cyclic voltammetry of the complex shows the presence of four reversible one-electron redox couples, assigned as two Ru(III)/Ru(IV) couples (oxidations with respect to the starting material) and two Ru(II)/Ru(III) couples (reductions with respect to the starting material). The separation between the two Ru(III)/Ru(IV) couples (Delta E(1/2) = 700 mV) is much larger than that between the two Ru(II)/Ru(III) couples (Delta E(1/2) = 350 mV) across the same bridging pathway, because of the better ability of the dianionic bridging ligand to delocalize an added hole (in the oxidized mixed-valence state) than an added electron (in the reduced mixed-valence state), implying some ligand-centered character for the oxidations. UV-vis-NIR spectroelectrochemical measurements were performed in all five oxidation states; the Ru(II)-Ru(III) mixed-valence state of [1](-) has a strong IVCT transition at 2360 nm whose parameters give an electronic coupling constant of V(ab) approximately 1100 cm(-1), characteristic of a strongly interacting but localized (class II) mixed-valence state. In the Ru(III)-Ru(IV) mixed-valence state [1](+), no low-energy IVCT could be detected despite the strong electronic interaction, possibly because it is in the visible region and obscured by LMCT bands.

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