Electrochemistry polypyridine complexes

A. Juris, V. Balzani, F. Barigellitti, S. Campagna, P. Belser, andA. vonZelewsky, Ru(II) Polypyridine complexes Photophysics, photochemistry, electrochemistry, and chemiluminescence, Coord. Chem. Rev. 84, 85-277 (1988). 

This chapter is dedicated to the memory of my father, Professor Antonin A. Vlcek (1927-1999), who has contributed much to the electrochemistry of metal-polypyridine complexes and to our understanding of underlying principles [1, 4-8, 15-29, 209],... 

Juris A, Balzani V, Barigelletti F, Campagna S, Belser P, von Zelewski A (1988) Ru (II) polypyridine complexes photophysics, photochemistry, electrochemistry and chemiluminescence. Coord Chem Rev 84 85-277... 

Juris, A. Balzani, V Barigelletti, F Campagna, S. Belser, P. Von Zelewsky, A. Ru(II) Polypyridine Complexes Photophysics, Photochemistry, Electrochemistry, and Chemiluminescence, Coord. Chem. Revs. 1988, 84, 85-277. 

The polypyridine derivatives 48 and 49 also yield double-helical complexes of type [Cu2L2l (L = 48 or 49) and [Ag2L2] (L = 48 or 49) as well as the singlehelical species, [Ru2L(terpy)2] (where L = 49 and terpy is 2,2 6, 2"-terpyridine). The electrochemistry of the double-helical cations indicates substantial electronic coupling between the metals in each case. 

A comparison of electrochemistry of some of the free polypyridine ligands and their Ru Re and Mo complexes shows [97, 123, 134, 136, 137, 142, 230, 231] that, all other factors being constant, the potential of the first N,N-localized reduction increases in the order ... 

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