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Title: Ruthenium Nitrosyl Porphyrins Coordinated with Aryloxides Containing Internal Hydrogen Bonds
The synthesis, characterization, and redox behavior of aryloxide complexes containing an increasing number of internal hydrogen bonds (OEP)Ru(NO)(OArxH) (OEP = octaethylporphyrinato dianion; x = 0, 1, 2) are reported. These nitrosyl aryloxide compounds were characterized by X‐ray crystallography, IR and 1H NMR spectroscopy. The IR spectra displayed uNO frequencies in the 1823–1843 cm‐1 range with compounds possessing more internal hydrogen bonds demonstrating higher uNO frequencies due to diminished π‐backdonation to the Ru‐NO fragment. Comparison of the distinct uNH and δN‐H signals in the IR and 1H NMR spectra of the free and complexed OAr1H/OAr2H ligands support the notion of additional electron density being removed via intramolecular hydrogen bonding. Results of DFT calculations on the (porphine)Ru(NO)(OArxH) models (porphine = unsubstituted porphyrin) reveal that the HOMOs of these complexes have significant axial ligand contributions, whereas the HOMOs of the five‐coordinate [(porphine)RuNO)]+ cation resides mostly on the equatorial porphyrin macrocycle. The electrochemical results of these (OEP)Ru(NO)(OArxH) complexes in CH2Cl2 reveal first oxidations that occur at increasingly positive potentials when more internal hydrogen bonds are present. Based on the DFT and preliminary IR spectroelectrochemical results, we propose that the electrooxidations result in eventual dissociation of the axial aryloxide ligands.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
2154603
PAR ID:
10561437
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
Wiley-VCH
Date Published:
Journal Name:
European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry
ISSN:
1434-1948
Subject(s) / Keyword(s):
porphyrinoids nitrogen oxides infrared spectroelectrochemistry transition metals cyclic voltammetry
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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