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Diastereomerization Dynamics of a Bistridentate RuII Complex

Jarenmark, Martin LU ; Carlström, Göran LU orcid ; Fredin, Lisa A. LU ; Hedberg Wallenstein, Joachim ; Doverbratt, Isa LU ; Abrahamsson, Maria and Persson, Petter LU (2016) In Inorganic Chemistry 55(6). p.3015-3022
Abstract

The unsymmetrical nature of a new tridentate ligand bis(quinolinyl)-1,3-pyrazole (DQPz) is exploited in a bistridentate Ru(II) complex [Ru(DQPz)2]2+ to elucidate an unexpected dynamic diastereomerism. Structural characterization based on a combination of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and density functional theory calculations reveals the first quantifiable diastereomerization dynamics for Ru complexes with fully conjugated tridentate heteroaromatic ligands. A mechanism that involves a large-scale twisting motion of the ligands is proposed to explain the dynamic interconversion between the observed diastereomers, and the analysis of both experiments and calculations reveals a potential energy landscape... (More)

The unsymmetrical nature of a new tridentate ligand bis(quinolinyl)-1,3-pyrazole (DQPz) is exploited in a bistridentate Ru(II) complex [Ru(DQPz)2]2+ to elucidate an unexpected dynamic diastereomerism. Structural characterization based on a combination of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and density functional theory calculations reveals the first quantifiable diastereomerization dynamics for Ru complexes with fully conjugated tridentate heteroaromatic ligands. A mechanism that involves a large-scale twisting motion of the ligands is proposed to explain the dynamic interconversion between the observed diastereomers, and the analysis of both experiments and calculations reveals a potential energy landscape with a transition barrier for the diastereomerization of ∼70 kJ mol-1. The structural flexibility demonstrated around the central transition metal ion has implications for integration of complexes into catalytic and photochemical applications.

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10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b02893
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  author       = {{Jarenmark, Martin and Carlström, Göran and Fredin, Lisa A. and Hedberg Wallenstein, Joachim and Doverbratt, Isa and Abrahamsson, Maria and Persson, Petter}},
  issn         = {{0020-1669}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{03}},
  number       = {{6}},
  pages        = {{3015--3022}},
  publisher    = {{The American Chemical Society (ACS)}},
  series       = {{Inorganic Chemistry}},
  title        = {{Diastereomerization Dynamics of a Bistridentate Ru<sup>II</sup> Complex}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b02893}},
  doi          = {{10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b02893}},
  volume       = {{55}},
  year         = {{2016}},
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