Synthesis and photophysical and electrochemical properties of a binuclear Ru(bpy)(3)-Cu(III) corrole complex

• A novel binuclear Ru-Cu complex, composed of a copper(III)-corrole and a ruthenium(II) tris(bipyridine) moicty linked by an amide bond, has been synthesized and characterized by H-1 NMR, UV-vis and mass spectrometry. The steady-state emission and the electrochemical properties were investigated. Compared to the parent [Ru(bpy)(3)](2+), the emission-of the desired complex was substantially quenched when the MLCT of [Ru(bpy)(3)](2+) was selectively photoexcited.

Keyword

Cu(III) corrole

[Ru(bpy)(3)](2+)

OEC

photosystem II

water oxidation

photoinduced electron-transfer

oxygen-evolving center

free-base corroles

photosystem-ii

water-oxidation

crystal-structure

copper corroles

energy-transfer

1st synthesis

porphyrin

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