Photophysical properties of ruthenium bipyridine (4-carboxylic acid-4′-methyl-2,2′-bipyridine) complexes and their acid-base chemistry

Chien Hua Su; Hsuan Ying Chen; Kelvin Yun Da Tsai; I. Jy Chang

doi:10.1021/jp070847i

Photophysical properties of ruthenium bipyridine (4-carboxylic acid-4′-methyl-2,2′-bipyridine) complexes and their acid-base chemistry

Chien Hua Su, Hsuan Ying Chen, Kelvin Yun Da Tsai, I. Jy Chang^*

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Department of Chemistry

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Photophysical properties such as absorption and emission spectra, lifetimes, and redox potentials of eight ruthenium complexes, Ru(LL) ₂(MebpyCOOH)²⁺, where LL represents bpy, phen, Me ₂bpy, Me₄bpy, (MeO)₂bpy, (EtO)₂bpy, Cl₂bpy, and NO₂phen, have been measured. The acid dissociation constants of ground and excited states have been determined. The ground-state pK_a values were obtained from the pH dependence of the complex absorbance changes. The excited-state pK_a* values were extracted from the emission titration curve and corrected for the excited-state lifetime of both protonated and deprotonated species. The largest ΔpK _a, pK_a* - pK_a, found for Ru(Me ₂bpy)₂(MebpyCOOH)²⁺ and Ru(Me ₄bpy)₂(MebpyCOOH)²⁺ of 1.7 indicate that MebpyCOOH gains most of the MLCT excited-state electron. The big negative ΔpK_a found for Ru(Cl₂bpy)₂-(MebpyCOOH) ²⁺, -4.2, clearly indicates the metal-to-ligand charge transfer to the Cl₂bpy ligands.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	6857-6860
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Physical Chemistry B
Volume	111
Issue number	24
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/jp070847i
Publication status	Published - 2007 Jun 21

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