Abstract
The synthesis and characterization of Ru(II) and Ru(II)–Ag(I) compounds are described, in view of their potential use in on/off switchable metal–ridge–metal nanodevices. The compound trans-Ru(bipy) 4Cl 2 ( 1) [bipy, 4,4′-bipyridine] has been prepared by Ru(DMSO) 4Cl 2 ( 2) (DMSO, dimethylsufoxide) and an excess of bipy. The compound has been fully characterised by physico-chemical, spectroscopic and single crystal X-ray determinations. trans-Ru(bipy) 4Cl 2 has been employed as building block in a self-assembly reaction with AgNO 3 obtaining the inorganic polymer {[Ru(bipy) 4Cl 2Ag]NO 3 (CHCl 3)·6H 2O} n ( 3). The self-assembled Ru–Ag compound has been investigated by infrared (IR), ultraviolet (UV) and visible (vis) spectroscopy, elemental analyses, inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES) and thermogravimetric analysis coupled with infrared detector (TGA-IR). The electrochemical behaviour of 1 and 3 have been studied by means of cyclic voltammetry (CV) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). 1 and 3 have been tested both as soluble species in non-aqueous solvents and as self-assembled molecules on gold electrodes in aqueous medium. The electrochemical behaviour of the parent compounds trans-Ru(pyz) 4Cl 2 ( 4) [pyz, pyrazine] and {[Ru(pyz) 4Cl 2Ag]NO 3} n ( 5) have been also investigated for comparison.
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