Synthesis, Characterization, and Biological Studies of New Ruthenium Polypyridyl Complexes Containing Noninnocent Ligands

Table 1

Electrochemical data for Ru complexes in acetonitrile.

	(1)				(2)
	𝐸^c (mV)	𝐸^a (mV)	Δ𝐸 (mV)	𝐸^0 (mV)	𝐸^c (mV)	𝐸^a (mV)	Δ𝐸 (mV)	𝐸^0 (mV)
Ru^IINIL/Ru^IIINIL	1510	1590	80	1550	1390	1490	100	1440
Ru^IINIL/Ru^IINIL^•	−850	−998	148	−924	−1631	—	—	−1220
Ru^IINIL^•/Ru^IINIL^Red	−1850	−1990	140	−1920	−1582	−1493	89	−1545

Data are for 10⁻³ M solutions of the complexes in acetonitrile in presence of 0.1 M of TBAHFP as supporting electrolyte. 𝐸^c: 𝐸 cathodic; 𝐸^a: 𝐸 anodic.