Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) can be used as a coreactant to generate reductive-oxidation ECL of Tris(2,2′-bipyridine)ruthenium(II), Ru(bpy)3 (bpy = 2,2′-bipyridine), in pH 7.5 phosphate buffer solution (PBS). Although Ru(bpy)3 is adsorbed and precipitated on the electrode upon reduction of Ru(bpy)3 in aqueous solutions, ECL can still be generated and scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM) e r o...

The crystal structure of a racemic mixture of the title ruthenium(II) complex, [RuCl(C(30)H(30)O(2)P(2))(2)]CF(3)SO(3)·2CH(2)Cl(2), reveals that the coordination geometry about the coordinatively unsaturated metal centre is approximately trigonal-pyramidal, with the chlorine atom occupying one of the equatorial positions. The axial Ru-P bonds are longer than the equatorial Ru-P bonds and there ...

A chemoselective hydrosilylation method for aldehydes is developed using a ruthenium catalyst [(Ru(p-cymene)Cl2)2] and triethylsilane; a mono hydride bridged dinuclear complex [{(η(6)-p-cymene)RuCl}2(μ-H-μ-Cl)] and a Ru(iv) mononuclear dihydride complex [(η(6)-p-cymene)Ru(H)2(SiEt3)2] are identified as potential intermediates in the reaction and the proposed catalytic cycle involves a 1,3-hydri...

A series of arene–ruthenium complexes of the general formula [RuCl2{g-C6H5(CH2)2R}L] with R1⁄4OH, CH2OH, OC(O)Fc, CH2OC(O)Fc (Fc1⁄4 ferrocenyl) and L1⁄4PPh3, (diphenylphosphino)ferrocene, or bridging 1,10-bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene, have been synthesized. Two synthetic pathways have been used for these ferrocene-modified arene–ruthenium complexes: (a) esterification of ferrocene carboxylic...

A new ruthenium ion imprinted polymer was prepared from the Ru(III) 2-thiobarbituric acid complex (the template), methacrylic acid or acrylamide (the functional monomers), and ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (the cross-linking agent) using 2,2'-azobisisobutyronitrile as the radical initiator. The ion imprinted polymer was characterized and used as a selective sorbent for the solid phase extracti...

It is now well-known that (2)H solid-state NMR techniques can bring a better understanding of the interaction of deuterium with metal atoms in organometallic mononuclear complexes, clusters or nanoparticles. In that context, we have recently obtained experimental quadrupolar coupling constants and asymmetry parameters characteristic of deuterium atoms involved in various bonding situations in r...

Tracer studies in healthy volunteers using stable isotopes of ruthenium were performed with the objective of extending the limited knowledge about the biokinetics of the radionuclides of this element. Tracer solutions were prepared starting from metallic ruthenium powders enriched in either Ru or Ru (isotopic enrichment ca. 98%). Tracer administration was followed by the collection of blood and...

The reaction of [Ru(C(9)H(10)BN(6))Cl(C(18)H(15)P)(2)] with benzo-nitrile leads to crystals of the title compound, [Ru(C(9)H(10)BN(6))Cl(C(18)H(15)P)(C(7)H(5)N)]·C(2)H(5)OH. In the crystal structure, the environment about the ruthenium metal center corresponds to a slightly distorted octa-hedron with an average N-Ru-N bite angle of the Tp ligand of 86.6 (2)°.

Irradiation of 'Ru(bipy)2+ (bipy = 2,2'-bipyridine) with light below 560 nm results in the formation of a charge-transfer excited state potentially capable of reducing water to dihydrogen with concomitant production of Ru(bipy)33+. The latter may be reduced by hydroxide Ru(bipy 33+ + OH = Ru(bipy)32+ + '402 + Y/2H20 to form dioxygen and regenerate the starting complex. The use of these reaction...

In metal-based photoactivated chemotherapy (PACT), two photoproducts are generated by light-triggered photosubstitution of a metal-bound ligand: the free ligand itself and an aquated metal complex. By analogy with cisplatin, the aquated metal complex is usually presented as the biologically active species, as it can typically bind to DNA. In this work, we show that this qualitative assumption i...