“…[12] The complexes [Ru-(bipy) 2 (bipy-11)]Cl 2´3 H 2 O, [Ru(bipy) 2 (phen-11)]Cl 2´6 H 2 O, [Ru(phen) 2 (bipy-11)]Cl 2´6 H 2 O, [Ru(phen) 2 (phen-11)]Cl 26 H 2 O, [Ru(bipy) 2 (phen-13)]Cl 2´5 H 2 O, [Ru(bipy) 2 (phen-17)]Cl 2´5 H 2 O, [Ru(bipy) 2 (phen-19)]Cl 2 . [6±11] The ligands, 4,4¢-diundecyl-2,2¢-bipyridine (bipy-11), 4,7-diundecyl-1,10-phenanthroline (phen-11), 4,7-ditridecyl-1,10-phenanthroline (phen-13), 4,7-diheptadecyl-1,10-phenanthroline (phen-17), 4,4¢-dinonadecyl-2,2¢-bipyridine (bipy-19), and 4,7dinona-decyl-1,10-phenanthroline (phen-19) were prepared according to a literature method.…”