Issue 5, 2010
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Chemical Communications

Verdazyl radicals as redox-active, non-innocent, ligands: contrasting electronic structures as a function of electron-poor and electron-rich ruthenium bis(β-diketonate) co-ligands†

Stephen D. J. McKinnon,a   Brian O. Patrick,b   A. B. P. Lever*c  and  Robin G. Hicks*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, University of Victoria, PO Box 3065 STN CSC, Victoria, BC, Canada
E-mail: rhicks@uvic.ca

b Crystallography Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

c Department of Chemistry, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada
E-mail: blever@yorku.ca

Abstract

Spectroscopic, structural, and computational studies of verdazyl radical–ruthenium complexes reveal the verdazyl to be a redox-active and non-innocent ligand. The ensuing delocalization of charge is highly sensitive to the nature of the β-diketonate co-ligands.

Graphical abstract: Verdazyl radicals as redox-active, non-innocent, ligands: contrasting electronic structures as a function of electron-poor and electron-rich ruthenium bis(β-diketonate) co-ligands

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B919920A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
24 Sep 2009
Accepted
25 Nov 2009
First published
11 Dec 2009

Chem. Commun., 2010,46, 773-775

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Verdazyl radicals as redox-active, non-innocent, ligands: contrasting electronic structures as a function of electron-poor and electron-rich ruthenium bis(β-diketonate) co-ligands

S. D. J. McKinnon, B. O. Patrick, A. B. P. Lever and R. G. Hicks, Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 773 DOI: 10.1039/B919920A

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