Electrochemical, Spectroscopic, and Computational Investigation of a Series of Polypyridyl Ruthenium(II) Complexes: Characterization of Reduced States

A series of polypyridyl ruthenium(II) complexes has been synthesized and characterized by H-1-NMR, electronic absorption and voltammetric techniques. Among this series, hexafluorophosphate salts of eight ruthenium(II) complexes were newly prepared. Due to the well-known ability of this class of compounds to assist electro- and photocatalytic reductive processes (such as the reduction of CO2, H+ and NAD(P)(+) models), particular attention has been paid to investigate the nature of their one- and two-electron reduced species through computational and spectroscopic techniques.

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A series of new polypyridyl ruthenium(II) complexes have been synthesized and investigated for their ability to assist electro- and photocatalytic reductive processes. The nature of their reduced species has been studied through computational and spectroscopic techniques.