Revealing the thermodynamic driving force for ligand-based reductions in quinoids; conceptual rules for designing redox active and non-innocent ligands
Abstract
Metal and ligand-based reductions have been modeled in octahedral ruthenium complexes revealing metal-ligand interactions as the profound driving force for the redox-active behaviour of orthoquinoid-type ligands. Through an extensive investigation of redox-active ligands we revealed the most critical factors that facilitate or suppress redox-activity of ligands in metal complexes, from which basic rules for designing non-innocent/redox-active ligands can be put forward. These rules also allow rational redox-leveling, i.e. the moderation of redox potentials of ligand-centred electron transfer processes, potentially leading to catalysts with low overpotential in multielectron activation processes.
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Título según WOS: | ID WOS:000356176200056 Not found in local WOS DB |
Título de la Revista: | CHEMICAL SCIENCE |
Volumen: | 6 |
Número: | 7 |
Editorial: | ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY |
Fecha de publicación: | 2015 |
Página de inicio: | 4109 |
Página final: | 4117 |
DOI: |
10.1039/c5sc01140j |
Notas: | ISI |