Issue 51, 2018, Issue in Progress

Mixed valency in ligand-bridged diruthenium frameworks: divergences and perspectives

Abstract

The present review article illustrates the mixed valence aspects of ligand-bridged symmetric and unsymmetric diruthenium complexes beyond the textbook example of the Creutz–Taube ion as well as the Robin and Day classification by citing representative examples based on our recent observations. The consideration of varied coordination situations involving bridging and ancillary ligands of diverse electronic and steric demands extended important fundamental events including (i) the influence of ancillary ligands besides the bridge in the intermetallic coupling process, (ii) varying profile of the intervalence charge transfer (IVCT) transition in RuIIIRuII (d5d6) and RuIIIRuIV (d5d4) mixed valence set up, (iii) divergence between the electrochemical (Kc = comproportionation constant) and electronic (IVCT) coupling and (iv) occurrence of the hybrid class II-class III situation. Furthermore, additional challenges due to the introduction of redox non-innocent ligands in assigning valence and spin distributions at the metal–ligand interface as well as in differentiating the emerging alternatives of the radical-derived state and the mixed valence situation along the redox chain have been addressed.

Graphical abstract: Mixed valency in ligand-bridged diruthenium frameworks: divergences and perspectives

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
14 apr 2018
Accepted
01 aug 2018
First published
14 aug 2018
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

RSC Adv., 2018,8, 28895-28908

Mixed valency in ligand-bridged diruthenium frameworks: divergences and perspectives

A. S. Hazari, A. Indra and G. K. Lahiri, RSC Adv., 2018, 8, 28895 DOI: 10.1039/C8RA03206H

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