“…[7,8] A preferable approach to such an analysis is the combination of spectroelectrochemical methods using IR and UV-vis-NIR spectroscopy or EPR (for paramagnetic states). [9] Combining two classical noninnocently behaving ligands, the biochemically relevant [1,10,11] NO (NO + , NO * , NO À ) [12] and oquinone/catecholate redox series (Q, Q * À , Q 2À ), [13][14][15] with the organometallic complex fragment [M(Cp*)] + = [M(C 5 Me 5 )] + , M = Ru or Os (M 2 + , M 3 + , M 4 + ), we describe such an analysis in the following, using electron-rich 3,5-di-tert-butylcatecholate (dtbc) and electron-deficient 3,4,5,6-tetrachlorocatecholate (tcc). Some [Ru (Cp*)-catecholate(NO)] compounds have been described before.…”