Intersystem crossing to both ligand-localized and charge- transfer excited states in mononuclear and dinuclear ruthenium(II) diimine complexes

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/ja00159a035

The unsaturated bridging ligand 1,4-bis[2-(4'-methyl-2,2' -bipyrid-4-yl)ethenyl]benzene (dstyb) was prepared in a simple two-step sequence. The ruthenium complexes {[(dmb)₂Ru](n)(dstyb)}(2n+) (n = 1,2; dmb = 4,4-dimethyl- 2,2'-bipyridine) were