(Terpyridine)ruthenium trichloride

(Terpyridine)ruthenium trichloride is the coordination complex with the formula RuCl3(terpy), where terpy is terpyridine. It is a brown paramagnetic solid that is a precursor to other complexes of ruthenium, mainly by substitution of the chloride ligands. The complex has octahedral geometry.[1] The synthesis of this complex was reported for the first time in 1980, it was prepared by mixing ruthenium trichloride and terpyridine in ethanol, heating the mixture to reflux conditions[2] A later synthetic protocol uses a similar approach by heating ruthenium trichloride with a DMF solution of terpyridine.[3]

(Terpyridine)ruthenium trichloride
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
  • InChI=1S/C15H11N3.3ClH.Ru/c1-3-10-16-12(6-1)14-8-5-9-15(18-14)13-7-2-4-11-17-13;;;;/h1-11H;3*1H;/q;;;;+3/p-3
    Key: YDKDTFLOHRMCRP-UHFFFAOYSA-K
  • c1ccnc(c1)c2cccc(n2)c3ccccn3.[Ru+3].[Cl-].[Cl-].[Cl-]
Properties
C15H11Cl3N3Ru
Molar mass 440.69 g·mol−1
Appearance brown solid
Density 1.451 g/cm3
insoluble
Hazards
GHS labelling:
Warning
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

References

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  1. ^ Ziegler, Marco; Monney, Véronique; Stoeckli-Evans, Helen; von Zelewsky, Alex; Sasaki, Isabelle; Dupic, Gilles; Daran, Jean-Claude; Balavoine, Gilbert G. A. (1999). "Complexes of New Chiral Terpyridyl Ligands. Synthesis and Characterization of Their Ruthenium(II) and Rhodium(III) Complexes". Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions (5): 667–676. doi:10.1039/a900194h.
  2. ^ Sullivan, B. Patrick; Calvert, Jeffrey M.; Meyer, Thomas J. (May 1980). "Cis-trans isomerism in (trpy)(PPh3)RuC12. Comparisons between the chemical and physical properties of a cis-trans isomeric pair". Inorganic Chemistry. 19 (5): 1404–1407. doi:10.1021/ic50207a066. ISSN 0020-1669.
  3. ^ Bessel, Carol A.; Leising, Randolph A.; Szczepura, Lisa F.; Perez, Willie J.; Vo Huyhn, My Hang; Takeuchi, Kenneth J. (1998). "Trichloro[2,2′:6′,2″-Terpyridine]Ruthenium(III) and Phosphine Ligand Derivatives". Inorganic Syntheses. Vol. 32. p. 186-198. doi:10.1002/9780470132630.ch32. ISBN 9780471249214.