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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
Volume 131, Issue 13, Pages 4892-4903Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ja809566g
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- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [Wi 1262/7-1, 436 TSE 113/45/0-1]
- Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic [KAN 100400702]
- Ministry of Education of the Czech Republic [COST OC 139]
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Ruthenium and osmium complexes 2a,b and 3a,b featuring the N-4,6-dioxo-5,5-dibutyl- or the N-4,6-dioxo-5,5-di-(2-propenyl)-1,4,5,6-tetrahydropyrimidin-2-yl-N'(4-ethenylphenyl)-urea ligand dimerize by a self-complementary quadruply hydrogen-bonding donor/donor/acceptor/acceptor (DDAA) motif. We provide evidence that the dimeric structures are maintained in nonpolar solvents and in 0.1 M NBu4PF6/CH2Cl2 supporting electrolyte solution. All complexes are reversibly oxidized in two consecutive two-electron oxidations (Delta E-1/2 approximate to 500 mV) without any discernible potential splitting for the oxidation of the individual hydrogen-bridged redox active moieties. IR and UV/vis/NIR spectroelectrochemistry show a one-step conversion of the neutral to the dication without any discernible features of an intermediate monooxidized radical cation. Oxidation-induced IR changes of the NH and CO groups that are involved in hydrogen bonding are restricted to the styryl-bonded urea NH function. IR band assignments are aided by quantum chemical calculations. Our experimental findings clearly show that, at least in the present systems, the ureapyrimidinedione (Upy) DDAA hydrogen-bonding motif does not support electron transfer. The apparent reason is that neither of the hydrogen-bonding functionalities contributes to the occupied frontier levels. This results in nearly degenerate pairs of MOs representing the in-phase and out-of-phase combinations of the individual monomeric building blocks.
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