Strategy for the stereochemical assignment of tris-heteroleptic Ru(II) complexes by NMR spectroscopy.

ABSTRACT: The relative stereochemistry of tris-heteroleptic ruthenium complexes [Ru(pp)(pp')(pp'')](PF(6))(2), where pp = 1,10-phenanthroline-4-carboxamide, pp' = 5,6-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline, and pp'' = 7,8-dimethyl dipyrido[3,2-a:2',3'-c]phenazine, was studied using NMR spectroscopy. The (1)H and (13)C spectra were assigned by using double-quantum-filtered correlation spectroscopy (DQF-COSY), heteronuclear single-quantum correlation (HSQC), and heteronuclear multiple-bond correlation (HMBC) experiments for the two diastereomers, each a pair of enantiomers. Nuclear Overhauser effect contacts between the neighboring ligands differentiated the two halves of each symmetrical ligand, thus enabling a full assignment of the NMR signals and an accurate determination of the relative stereochemistry of

SUBMITTER: Xie X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2631646 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature