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Photochemistry and Photophysics of Coordination Compounds

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120 S. Campagna et al.<br />

Fig. 1 a Simplified molecular orbital diagram for Ru(II) polypyridine complexes in octahedral<br />

symmetry showing the three types <strong>of</strong> electronic transitions occurring at low<br />

energies. b Detailed representation <strong>of</strong> the MLCT transition in D3 symmetry<br />

bitals gives rise to metal-centered (MC) excited states. Lig<strong>and</strong>-centered (LC)<br />

excited states can be obtained by promoting an electron from πL to π ∗ L .All<br />

these excited states may have singlet or triplet multiplicity, although spin–<br />

orbit coupling causes large singlet–triplet mixing, particularly in MC <strong>and</strong><br />

MLCT excited states [6, 9–11].<br />

The prototype [Ru(bpy)3] 2+ (Fig. 2), as well as most <strong>of</strong> the Ru(LL)3 2+ complexes<br />

(LL = bidentate polypyridine lig<strong>and</strong>), exhibits a D3 symmetry [12].<br />

Following Orgel’s notation [13], the π ∗ orbitals may be symmetrical (χ) or<br />

Fig. 2 Molecular structural formula <strong>of</strong> [Ru(bpy)3] 2+

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