Not All <sup>3</sup>MC States Are the Same: The Role of <sup>3</sup>MC<sub>cis</sub> States in the Photochemical N∧N Ligand Release from [Ru(bpy)<sub>2</sub>(N∧N)]<sup>2+</sup> Complexes - Archive ouverte HAL Accéder directement au contenu
Article Dans Une Revue Inorganic Chemistry Année : 2022

Not All 3MC States Are the Same: The Role of 3MCcis States in the Photochemical N∧N Ligand Release from [Ru(bpy)2(N∧N)]2+ Complexes

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Ruthenium(II) complexes feature prominently in the development of agents for photoactivated chemotherapy, however, the excited state mechanisms by which photochemical ligand release operate remain unclear. We report here a systematic experimental and computational study of a series of complexes [Ru(bpy)2(N^N)]2+ (bpy = 2,2'-bipyridyl; N^N = bpy (1), 6-methyl-2,2'-bipyridyl (2), 6,6'-dimethyl-2,2'-bipyridyl (3), 1-benzyl-4-(pyrid-2-yl)-1,2,3-triazole (4), 1-benzyl-4-(6-methylpyrid-2-yl)-1,2,3-triazole (5), 1,1'-dibenzyl-4,4'-bi-1,2,3-triazolyl (6)) in which we probe the contribution to the promotion of photochemical N^N ligand release of the introduction of sterically encumbering methyl substituents and the electronic effect of replacement of pyridine by 1,2,3-triazole donors in the N^N ligand. Complexes 2 to 6 all release the ligand N^N on irradiation in acetonitrile solution to yield cis-[Ru(bpy)2(NCMe)2]2+ with resultant photorelease quantum yields that at first seem counter-intuitive and span a broad range. The data show that incorporation of a single sterically encumbering methyl substituent on the N∧N ligand (2 and 5) leads to a significantly enhanced rate of triplet metal-to-ligand charge-transfer (3MLCT) state deactivation but with little promotion of photoreactivity, whereas replacement of pyridine by triazole donors (4 and 6) leads to a similar rate of 3MLCT deactivation but with much greater photochemical reactivity. The data reported here, discussed in conjunction with previously reported data on related complexes, suggest that monomethylation in 2 and 5 sterically inhibits the formation of a 3MCcis state but promotes the population of 3MCtrans states which rapidly deactivate 3MLCT states and are prone to mediating ground-state recovery. On the other hand, increased photochemical reactivity in 4 and 6 seems to stem from the accessibility of 3MCcis states. The data provide important insights into the excited-state mechanism of photochemical ligand release by Ru(II) tris-bidentate complexes.

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Katie Eastham, Paul A Scattergood, Danny Chu, Rayhaan Z Boota, Adrien Soupart, et al.. Not All 3MC States Are the Same: The Role of 3MCcis States in the Photochemical N∧N Ligand Release from [Ru(bpy)2(N∧N)]2+ Complexes. Inorganic Chemistry, 2022, 61 (49), pp.19907-19924. ⟨10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c03146⟩. ⟨hal-03940877⟩
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