Arene ruthenium complexes [(h-arene)Ru(sacc)2(OH2)] (arene 1⁄4 para-cymeme, benzene) containing an aqua and two saccharinato ligands have been synthesized from [(h-arene)RuCl2]2 and sodium saccharinate in a water-ethanol mixture (1:1). The aqua complex [(h-MeC6H4Pr)Ru(sacc)2(OH2)] reacts with acetonitrile to give the acetonitrile complex [(h-MeC6H4Pr)Ru(sacc)2(NCMe)]. The corresponding benzene ...

INTRODUCTION The radioactive isotopes of ruthenium with mass numbers 103 and 106 are common fission products and may represent a radiological hazard for the population in case of their release into the environment and transfer to the food chain. Ru, having a half-life of 39.26 d, decays by β emission onto Rh. Ru (T1/2=374 d) is a pure β emitter, and its daughter nuclide, Rh, is radioactive as w...

Metal-to-ligand charge transfer photolysis of the ruthenium(II) pyrazine complex Ru(NH3)5pz2+ (I) in pH 7.4 oxygenated phosphate buffer solution generates the Ru(III) analog Ru(NH3)5pz3+ plus the reactive oxygen species singlet oxygen and superoxide. Based on the very short MLCT lifetime (re-measured as approximately 250 ps in D2O) of I* and the quantum yield for singlet oxygen formation (0.01 ...

A stereoselective synthesis of anti-1,2-diols has been developed using a multitasking Ru-catalyst in an assisted tandem catalysis protocol. A cyclometalated ruthenium complex catalyzes first a Zselective cross metathesis of two terminal olefins followed by a stereospecific dihydroxylation. Both steps are catalyzed by Ru, as the Ru-complex is converted to a dihydroxylation catalyst upon addition...

The photocatalytic formation of a non-heme oxoiron(IV) complex, [(N4Py)Fe(IV)(O)](2+) [N4Py = N,N-bis(2-pyridylmethyl)-N-bis(2-pyridyl)methylamine], efficiently proceeds via electron transfer from the excited state of a ruthenium complex, [Ru(II)(bpy)(3)](2+)* (bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine) to [Co(III)(NH(3))(5)Cl](2+) and stepwise electron-transfer oxidation of [(N4Py)Fe(II)](2+) with 2 equiv of [Ru(...

A novel asymmetric bidentate ruthenium (II) complex, [Ru(bpy)(2)(PYNI)](2+) (bpy=2,2'-bipyridine, PYNI=2-(2'-pyridyl)naphthoimidazole), has been synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, ES-MS (electrospray mass spectra) and (1)H NMR. The electrochemical behaviors of this complex were studied by cyclic voltammetry. DNA interaction studies suggest that [Ru(bpy)(2)(PYNI)](2+) binds to ...

Ruthenium-based catalyst is one of the most active catalysts for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in acid media. However, strong bonding between Ru sites and intermediates leads to high overpotential trigger OER process. Hence, pyrochlore rare-earth ruthenate (RE2-Ru2O7) structures with a series elements (Nd, Sm, Gd, Er, Yb) were constructed tune electronic structure sites. Surface analysis indi...

Facile preparations of chiral [Ru(Cp*)]- and [Ru(Cp')]-based allyl complexes featuring N,O chelate derived from (+)-nopinone are described. Single crystal X-ray structural analysis of one complex revealed the preferential configuration of the ruthenium centre and the orientation of the unsymmetrical allylic substituent. Applications of these complexes in catalysis for nucleophilic allylic subst...

The lowest energy metal-to-ligand charge transfer (MLCT) absorption bands found in ambient solutions of a series of [Ru(tpy)(bpy)X](m+) complexes (tpy = 2,2':3',2''-terpyridine; bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine; and X = a monodentate ancillary ligand) feature one or two partly resolved weak absorptions (bands I and/or II) on the low energy side of their absorption envelopes. Similar features are found for...