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COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS
Volume 254, Issue 3-4, Pages 309-330Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2009.09.006
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Ruthenium complexes; Redox-active ligands; Non-innocent ligands; Quinone; Oxidation; Catalysis
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Ruthenium complexes with the non-innocent ligands (NILs) benzoquinone, iminobenzoquinone and benzoquinonediimine and their redox derivatives exhibit intriguing electronic properties. With the proper ligand set the NIL pi* orbitals mix extensively with the ruthenium d pi orbitals resulting in delocalized electron distributions and non-integer oxidation states, and in most of these systems a particular ruthenium oxidation state dominates. This review critically examines the electronic structure of Ru-NIL systems from both an experimental and computational (DFT) perspective. The electron distribution within these complexes can be modulated by altering both the ancillary ligands and the NIL, and in a few cases the resultant electron distributions are exploited for catalysis. The Ru-NIL systems that perform alcohol oxidation and water oxidation catalysis are discussed in detail. The Tanaka catalyst, an anthracene-bridged dinuclear Ru complex, is an intriguing example of a Ru-NIL framework in catalysis. Unlike other known ruthenium water oxidation catalysts, the two Ru atoms remain low valent during the catalytic cycle according to DFT calculations, some experimental evidence, and predictions based on the behavior of the related mononuclear species. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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