Expanded ligands: bis(2,2':6',2'-terpyridine carboxylic acid)ruthenium(ii) complexes as metallosupramolecular analogues of dicarboxylic acids |
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Authors: | Constable Edwin C Dunphy Emma L Housecroft Catherine E Neuburger Markus Schaffner Silvia Schaper Frank Batten Stuart R |
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Institution: | Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, Spitalstrasse 51, 4056 Basel, Switzerland. edwin.constable@unibas.ch |
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Abstract: | Ligands in which multiple metal-binding domains are linked by a metal-containing moiety rather than a conventional organic group are described as "expanded ligands". The use of 4,4'-difunctionalised {Ru(tpy)(2)} units provides a linear spacer between metal-binding domains and we have extended this motif to expanded ligands containing two carboxylic acid metal-binding domains. In this paper, we describe the synthesis and structural characterisation of ruthenium(ii) complexes of 2,2':6',2'-terpyridine-4'-carboxylic acid and 4'-carboxyphenyl-2,2':6',2'-terpyridine. The ability of the ruthenium(ii) centre to charge compensate deprotonation of the carboxylic acid leads to Zwitterionic complexes and three representative compounds have been structurally characterised. |
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