Issue 10, 2011

Synthesis and photochromic studies of η6-mesitylene ruthenium(ii) complexes bearing N-heterocyclic carbeneligands with the dithienylethene moiety

Abstract

A series of half-sandwich type ruthenium(II) complexes, [(η6-mesitylene)Ru(NHC-L)Cl]PF6 (NHC = N-heterocyclic carbene, L = azole and imine ligand), containing the dithienylethene moiety has been synthesized and characterized by 1H NMR, X-ray crystallography and electronic absorption spectroscopy. These complexes show photochromic properties upon UV photo-irradiation to generate the closed forms of the dithienylethene moiety.

Graphical abstract: Synthesis and photochromic studies of η6-mesitylene ruthenium(ii) complexes bearing N-heterocyclic carbene ligands with the dithienylethene moiety

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
25 Feb 2011
Accepted
07 Jun 2011
First published
01 Jul 2011

New J. Chem., 2011,35, 2267-2278

Synthesis and photochromic studies of η6-mesitylene ruthenium(II) complexes bearing N-heterocyclic carbene ligands with the dithienylethene moiety

G. Duan, W. Wong and V. W. Yam, New J. Chem., 2011, 35, 2267 DOI: 10.1039/C1NJ20161A

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