Molecular Wire Type Behavior of Polycationic Multinuclear Rack-Type RuII Complexes of Polytopic Hydrazone-Based Ligands†
Frédérique Loiseau Dr.
Dipartimento di Chimica Inorganica, Chimica Analitica e Chimica Fisica, Università di Messina, Via Sperone 31, 98166 Messina, Italy, Fax: (+39) 090-393-756
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Dipartimento di Chimica Inorganica, Chimica Analitica e Chimica Fisica, Università di Messina, Via Sperone 31, 98166 Messina, Italy, Fax: (+39) 090-393-756
Search for more papers by this authorAdrian-Mihail Stadler Dr.
ISIS—Universite Louis Pasteur, 8 Allee Gaspard Monge, BP 70028, 67083 Strasbourg cedex, France, Fax: (+33) 390-245-140 http://www-isis.u-strasbg.fr
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Dipartimento di Chimica Inorganica, Chimica Analitica e Chimica Fisica, Università di Messina, Via Sperone 31, 98166 Messina, Italy, Fax: (+39) 090-393-756
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Search for more papers by this authorFrédérique Loiseau Dr.
Dipartimento di Chimica Inorganica, Chimica Analitica e Chimica Fisica, Università di Messina, Via Sperone 31, 98166 Messina, Italy, Fax: (+39) 090-393-756
Search for more papers by this authorFrancesco Nastasi
Dipartimento di Chimica Inorganica, Chimica Analitica e Chimica Fisica, Università di Messina, Via Sperone 31, 98166 Messina, Italy, Fax: (+39) 090-393-756
Search for more papers by this authorAdrian-Mihail Stadler Dr.
ISIS—Universite Louis Pasteur, 8 Allee Gaspard Monge, BP 70028, 67083 Strasbourg cedex, France, Fax: (+33) 390-245-140 http://www-isis.u-strasbg.fr
Search for more papers by this authorSebastiano Campagna Prof. Dr.
Dipartimento di Chimica Inorganica, Chimica Analitica e Chimica Fisica, Università di Messina, Via Sperone 31, 98166 Messina, Italy, Fax: (+39) 090-393-756
Search for more papers by this authorJean-Marie Lehn Prof. Dr.
ISIS—Universite Louis Pasteur, 8 Allee Gaspard Monge, BP 70028, 67083 Strasbourg cedex, France, Fax: (+33) 390-245-140 http://www-isis.u-strasbg.fr
Search for more papers by this authorThe University of Messina and PRIN are acknowledged for financial support.
Graphical Abstract
On the rack: Splitting of the peripheral metal-based oxidation, which indicates a large coupling between the redox sites, has been obtained in polymetallic arrays composed of rack-type complexes containing two, three, four, or six RuII subunits appended to hydrazone-based molecular strands (see picture). The relatively small coupling attenuation parameter calculated for the metal-based, cationic subunit(s) suggests molecular-wire behavior.
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