In bi- and trimetallic Pt-bipyridine-acetylide/Ru-bipyridine complexes the intermetallic Pt-Ru distance is approximately 9 è, and complete Pt-->Ru energy transfer is observed with sensitization of the Ru-based luminescence.

The reaction of [Ru(3)(CO)(12)] with Ph(3)SnSPh in refluxing benzene furnished the bimetallic Ru-Sn compound [Ru(3)(CO)(8)(mu-SPh)(2)(mu(3)-SnPh(2))(SnPh(3))(2)] which consists of a SnPh(2) stannylene bonded to three Ru atoms to give a planar tetra-metal core, with two peripheral SnPh(3) ligands. The stannylene ligand forms a very short bond to one Ru atom [Sn-Ru 2.538(1) A] and very long bonds...

Circular dichroism (CD) spectroelectrochemistry is used to determine the extent of singly occupied molecular orbital delocalization in mixed-valence multinuclear complexes, specifically the mixed-valence Ru(II)Ru(III) states of the four diastereoisomers of [(Ru(bpy)(2))(2)(bpt)](3+) [1; bpy = 2,2'-bipyridyl and bpt = 3,5-bis(pyrid-2'-yl)-1,2,4-triazolato anion]. The complex was found to be stab...

For the saturated carbonyl trimer Ru(3)(CO)(12) theoretical methods predict a doubly bridged Ru(3)(CO)(10)(mu-CO)(2) structure to lie only 0.3 kcal mol(-1) above the unbridged global minimum in accord with the fluxional properties observed experimentally by carbon-13 NMR on the very stable unbridged Ru(3)(CO)(12). For M(3)(CO)(11) and M(3)(CO)(10) the global minima for the Fe, Ru, and Os deriva...

RuAl thin films possess a high potential as a high temperature stable metallization for surface acoustic wave devices. During the annealing process of the Ru-Al films, Al 2 O 3 is formed at the surface of the films even under high vacuum conditions, so that the composition of a deposited Ru 50 Al 50 film is shifted to a Ru-rich alloy. To compensate for this effect, the Al content is systematica...

Carbon monoxide oxidation on bare and Pt-modified ruthenium surfaces with the (101̄0) and (0001) orientations was investigated with cyclic voltammetry, scanning-tunneling microscopy and in situ Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Facile oxidation kinetics of CO on Ru(101̄0) are observed, in contrast with a slow reaction on Ru(0001). Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) measurements confirmed ...

The potential of a new anionic octahedral metal complex [Ru(III)(acac)2(pz)2](-) ((-)) (pzH = pyrazole) as a ligand with a scorpionate coordination behaviour like tris(pyrazolyl)borate (tp) and reversible redox activity is presented. Trinuclear metal complexes, [Ru(III)2Zn(II)(acac)4(pz)4] () and [Ru(II)Ru(III)2(acac)4(pz)4] (), were each synthesized by the reaction of ZnCl2 or Ru3(CO)12 with [...

Treatment of the 2,5-bis(2'-pyridyl)pyrrolato (PDP-) anion with {Ru(COD)Cl2}n in THF readily yielded [Ru(PDP)(COD)Cl] (1) in almost quantitative yield. Anion metathesis of 1 in organic solvent by NO3- and OTf- (OTf- = triflato) gave [Ru(PDP)(COD)(NO3)] (2) and [Ru(PDP)(COD)(OTf)] (3), and in aqueous solution by BF4- and PF6- afforded aqueous complexes [Ru(PDP)(COD)(H2O)](BF4) (4+·BF4-) and [Ru(...