Abstract

The geometric structure of the ground state and of metastable isomers of nitrosyl complexes trans-[Ru(P)(NO)(Cl)] (P = porphinate dianion) and trans-[Ru(NO)(salen)(X)]q [salen = N,N'-ethylenebis(salicylideniminate) dianion; X = Cl- (q = 0), H2O (q = +1)] was optimized within the framework of the density functional method (SVWN/LanL2DZ+6-31G). The local minima corresponding to metastable isomers with a linear NO coordination through the oxygen atom and with a side η2 NO coordination were found on the potential energy surfaces of these compounds. The second metastable states of all the three complexes have a lower energy. The difference in energies between the stable and metastable isomers is the least in the case of the complex trans-[Ru(NO)(salen)(Cl)].

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