Highly polarized ruthenium alkynyls with nitrothienyl substituents

Aibing Xia, John P. Selegue

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Abstract

Me3SiCCC4H2S-5-NO2 was synthesized in good yield by palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling of ethynyltrimethylsilane and 2-bromo-5-nitrothiophene or 2-iodo-5-nitrothiophene. Reactions of Me3SiCC(C4H2S)NO2 with a series of ruthenium chloride complexes [RuClLL′(Cp′)] gave the alkynyls [Ru(2-CCC4H2S-5-NO2) LL′(Cp′)] (L, L′=CO, PMe2Ph or PPh3; Cp′=C5H5 or C5Me5). These metal complexes, each with a strongly electron-donating metal center at one end and an electron-accepting organic substituent at the other end of a π-conjugated chain, are strongly polarized and are expected to demonstrate non-linear optical activity.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)219-224
Number of pages6
JournalInorganica Chimica Acta
Volume334
DOIs
StatePublished - May 30 2002

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
We thank the National Science Foundation (EPSCoR EPS-9452895 and MRSEC DMR-9809686) and the US Department of Energy (DE-FG02-00ER45847 and subcontract 10186-00-23) for partial support of this research.

Keywords

  • Alkynyl
  • Heterocycle
  • Non-linear optical activity
  • Ruthenium
  • Solvatochromism

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Materials Chemistry

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