Electrochemical and EPR studies of the corannulene ruthenium(II) sandwich complex [(eta6-C6Me6)Ru(eta6-C20H10)](SbF6)(2)

Robert J Angelici; Bolin Zhu; Serena Fedi; Franco Laschi; Piero Zanello

doi:10.1021/ic7015512

Electrochemical and EPR studies of the corannulene ruthenium(II) sandwich complex [(eta6-C6Me6)Ru(eta6-C20H10)](SbF6)(2)

Inorg Chem. 2007 Dec 10;46(25):10901-6. doi: 10.1021/ic7015512. Epub 2007 Nov 14.

Authors

Robert J Angelici¹, Bolin Zhu, Serena Fedi, Franco Laschi, Piero Zanello

Affiliation

¹ Ames Laboratory and Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011-3111, USA.

PMID: 17999494
DOI: 10.1021/ic7015512

Abstract

The dication [(eta6-C6Me6)Ru(eta6-C20H10)]2+ in propylene carbonate solution exhibits a sequence of reduction processes that is either metal-centered [Ru(II)/Ru(I)/Ru(0)] or ligand-centered. The marginally stable Ru(I) monocation [(eta6-C6Me6)Ru(eta6-C20H10)]+ has been characterized by EPR spectroscopy. The electrochemistry of C20H10 and EPR features of its stable monoanion [C20H10]- have also been revisited.