Frontier orbitals of photosubstitutionally active ruthenium complexes: an experimental study of the spectator ligands’ electronic properties influence on photoreactivity | NobleBlocks
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Frontier orbitals of photosubstitutionally active ruthenium complexes: an experimental study of the spectator ligands’ electronic properties influence on photoreactivity
Published in Dalton Transactions • Jan 1, 2017
Authors:
Hyo Jin Jang
,
Samantha L. Hopkins
,
Maxime A. Siegler
Abstract
The nature of the frontier orbitals and the efficiency of ligand photosubstitution reactions were studied in ruthenium complexes with either electron-donating (CH 3 ) or -withdrawing (CF 3 ) substituents on the bipyridine spectator chelate.
