The cobalt hexacyanoferrate system, M
h
[FeB(CN)6]
l
, (where M is an alkali metal cation, and the
subscripts h, k, and l are stoichiometric coefficients, and A and B are the formal oxidation states of the Co
and Fe metal sites in the structure) was shown to contain a rich series of compounds that are inter-linked
through various redox processes (involving both electron and cation transfer) either in the dark or under the
near-infrared (IR) activation. These processes were studied by a combined use of cyclic voltammetry, in situ
IR spectroelectrochemistry (using both intensity or potential modulation), and ex situ X-ray photoelectron
spectroscopy.
This paper describes a study of copper sulfide film formation at
copper anodes in sulfide-containing aqueous
NaOH media. Voltammetry along with combined electrochemical quartz
crystal microgravimetry (EQCM)/coulometry showed the formation of an initial Cu2S
(chalcocite) phase. Further oxidation resulted in a
nonstoichiometric overlayer culminating in a surface that was CuS
(covellite) in composition. The EQCM
data also revealed incipient dissolution of the copper surface in the
alkaline sulfide media as Cu(I) species.
Chemical sulfidization of the copper surface is also shown to be
an important film formation pathway.
Complementary spectroscopic data were obtained in situ by visible
reflectance spectroscopy and laser Raman
spectroscopy. Ex situ analysis of the copper sulfide layer
composition by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
is also presented.
The dinuclear ruthenium complex [(phen)2Ru(tatpp)Ru(phen)2]4+ (P; in which phen is 1,10-phenanthroline and tatpp is 9,11,20,22-tetraaza tetrapyrido[3,2-a:2'3'-c:3'',2''-l:2''',3''']-pentacene) undergoes a photodriven two-electron reduction in aqueous solution, thus storing light energy as chemical potential within its structure. The mechanism of this reduction is strongly influenced by the pH, in that basic conditions favor a sequential process involving two one-electron reductions and neutral or slightly acidic conditions favor a proton-coupled, bielectronic process. In this complex, the central tatpp ligand is the site of electron storage and protonation of the central aza nitrogen atoms in the reduced products is observed as a function of the solution pH. The reduction mechanism and characterization of the rich array of products were determined by using a combination of cyclic and AC voltammetry along with UV-visible reflectance spectroelectrochemistry experiments. Both the reduction and protonation state of P could be followed as a function of pH and potential. From these data, estimates of the various reduced species' pKa values were obtained and the mechanism to form the doubly reduced, doubly protonated complex, [(phen)2Ru(H2tatpp)Ru(phen)2]4+ (H2P) at low pH (< or =7) could be shown to be a two-proton, two-electron process. Importantly, H2P is also formed in the photochemical reaction with sacrificial reducing agents, albeit at reduced yields relative to those at higher pH.
The intercalation of fac-[(4,4'-bpy)Re(I)(CO)3(dppz)]+ (dppz = dipyridyl[3,2-a:2'3'-c]phenazine) in polynucleotides, poly[dAdT]2 and poly[dGdC]2, where A = adenine, G = guanine, C = cytosine and T = thymine, is a major cause of changes in the absorption and emission spectra of the complex. A strong complex-poly[dAdT]2 interaction drives the intercalation process, which has a binding constant, Kb approximately 1.8 x 10(5) M(-1). Pulse radiolysis was used for a study of the redox reactions of e(-)(aq), C*H(2)OH and N3* radicals with the intercalated complex. These radicals exhibited more affinity for the intercalated complex than for the bases. Ligand-radical complexes, fac-[(4,4'-bpy*)Re(I)(CO)3(dppz)] and fac-[(4,4'-bpy)Re(I)(CO)3(dppz *)], were produced by e(-)(aq) and C*H(2)OH, respectively. A Re(II) species, fac-[(4,4'-bpy)Re(II)(CO)3(dppz)](2+), was produced by N3* radicals. The rate of annihilation of the ligand-radical species was second order on the concentration of ligand-radical while the disappearance of the Re(II) complex induced the oxidative cleavage of the polynucleotide strand.
The synthesis and characterization of a ditopic bridging ligand, 9,12,21,22-tetraazatetrapyrido[3,2-a:2',3'-c:3″2″-m:2''',3'''-o]pentaphene (tatppα) and its dinuclear ruthenium complex, [(phen)(2)Ru(tatppα)Ru(phen)(2)][PF(6)](4) (1(4+)), are described. The tatppα ligand is structurally very similar to 9,10,20,33-tetraazatetrapyrido[3,2-a:2',3'-c:3″,2″-l:2''',3'''-n]pentacene (tatppβ), except that, instead of a linear tetraazapentacene backbone, tatppα has an ortho (or α) substitution pattern about the central benzene ring, leading to a 120° bend. Complex 1(4+) shows tatppα-based reductions at -0.73 and -1.14 V vs Ag/AgCl/saturated KCl and has an absorption spectrum showing the typical Ru(II) dπ → phen-like π* metal-to-ligand charge-transfer transition centered at ∼450 nm. In acetonitrile, visible-light irradiation of 1(4+) in the presence of triethylamine leads to two sequential changes in the absorption spectra, which are assigned to the formation of the one- and two-electron-reduced species, with the electrons stored on the tatppα ligand. These assignments were made by comparison of the spectral changes observed in 1(4+) upon stoichiometric chemical reduction with cobaltocene and by spectroelectrochemical analysis. Significantly, DFT calculations are very predictive of the optical and reductive behavior of the tatppα complex relative to the tatppβ complexes and show that modeling is a useful tool for ligand design. The chemical reactivity and differential reflectance spectroelectrochemical data reveal that the reductions are accompanied by radical dimerization of the tatppα ligand to species such as σ-{1}(2)(6+), which is only slowly reversible upon exposure to air and may limit the complexe's 1(4+) utility for driving photochemical H(2) production.
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