A new ruthenium(II) complex with two different types oftridentate ligands was synthesized, 2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridine (tpy) and 2,6-Bis((N-benzyl)aminomethyl)pyridine (bbap): [Ru(tpy)(bbap)]2+ (1). T...A new ruthenium(II) complex with two different types oftridentate ligands was synthesized, 2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridine (tpy) and 2,6-Bis((N-benzyl)aminomethyl)pyridine (bbap): [Ru(tpy)(bbap)]2+ (1). This compound was designed to form intramolecular π-π stacking interaction between tpy and substituted benzyl groups of bbap. The single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis revealed that 1 crystallized with orthorhombic space group Aea2 and the ruthenium center has a distorted octahedral coordination geometry with fully chelated tpy and bbap ligands. Simultaneously, in the crystal structure of 1, the central part of ligating tpy was stacked and sandwiched with a pair of capped benzyl substituent groups of bbap, the nearest atomic distance being N...C = 3.28 A.展开更多
文摘A new ruthenium(II) complex with two different types oftridentate ligands was synthesized, 2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridine (tpy) and 2,6-Bis((N-benzyl)aminomethyl)pyridine (bbap): [Ru(tpy)(bbap)]2+ (1). This compound was designed to form intramolecular π-π stacking interaction between tpy and substituted benzyl groups of bbap. The single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis revealed that 1 crystallized with orthorhombic space group Aea2 and the ruthenium center has a distorted octahedral coordination geometry with fully chelated tpy and bbap ligands. Simultaneously, in the crystal structure of 1, the central part of ligating tpy was stacked and sandwiched with a pair of capped benzyl substituent groups of bbap, the nearest atomic distance being N...C = 3.28 A.