Issue 48, 2010

Photoinduced four- and six-electron reduction of mononuclear ruthenium complexes having NAD+ analogous ligands

Abstract

The ruthenium complexes [Ru(bpy)(pbn)2](PF6)2 ([2]2+; bpy = 2,2′-bipyridine, pbn = 2-(2-pyridyl)benzo[b]-1,5-naphthyridine) and [Ru(pbn)3](PF6)2 ([3]2+) were synthesized. Photoirradiation (λ > 420 nm) of [2]2+ and [3]2+ in CH3CN/triethanolamine (TEOA) brought about proton coupled four- and six-electron reduction of the complexes to produce [Ru(bpy)(pbnH2)2](PF6)2 ([2·H4]2+; pbnH2 = 5,10-dihydro-2-(2-pyridyl)benzo[b]-1,5-naphthyridine) and [Ru(pbnH2)3](PF6)2 ([3·H6]2+), respectively. The photoexcited [RuIII(bpy)(pbn˙)(pbnH2)]2+ intermediate is quenched by intermolecular electron transfer from TEOA to RuIII, while intramolecular transfer from pbnH2 to RuIII is negligible. As a result, novel photochemical four- and six-electron reduction of [2]2+ and [3]2+ is achieved through repetition of the two-electron reduction of the Ru-pbn group. The high efficiency photochemical two-, four- and six-electron reductions of [Ru(bpy)2(pbn)]2+ ([1]2+), [2]2+ and [3]2+, respectively, by taking advantage of proton coupled two electron reduction of NAD+ analogous type ligands such as pbn opens a general pathway for multi-electron reduction of metal complexes via illumination with visible light.

Graphical abstract: Photoinduced four- and six-electron reduction of mononuclear ruthenium complexes having NAD+ analogous ligands

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
19 May 2010
Accepted
14 Jul 2010
First published
08 Sep 2010

Dalton Trans., 2010,39, 11526-11534

Photoinduced four- and six-electron reduction of mononuclear ruthenium complexes having NAD+ analogous ligands

T. Fukushima, T. Wada, H. Ohtsu and K. Tanaka, Dalton Trans., 2010, 39, 11526 DOI: 10.1039/C0DT00504E

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