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Photochemistry and Photophysics of Coordination Compounds

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<strong>Photochemistry</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Photophysics</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Coordination</strong> <strong>Compounds</strong> 7<br />

<strong>and</strong> low-energy lig<strong>and</strong>-centered transitions are expected for aromatic lig<strong>and</strong>s<br />

with extended π <strong>and</strong> π ∗ orbitals (vide infra).<br />

The step from configurations to states is conceptually less simple than for<br />

organic molecules because coordination compounds may have high symmetry<br />

(i.e., degenerate MOs) <strong>and</strong> open-shell ground configurations (i.e., partially<br />

occupied HOMOs).<br />

For octahedral complexes <strong>of</strong> Co(III), Ru(II), <strong>and</strong> the other d 6 metal ions,<br />

the σL <strong>and</strong> πL orbitals are fully occupied <strong>and</strong> the ground-state configuration<br />

is closed-shell since the HOMO, πM(t2g) 6 , is also completely occupied.<br />

The ground state is therefore a singlet, <strong>and</strong> the excited states are either singlets<br />

or triplets, as in the case <strong>of</strong> formaldehyde. In octahedral symmetry,<br />

the ground-state configuration gives rise to the state 1 A1g. Inthecase<strong>of</strong><br />

[M(NH3)6] n+ complexes (e.g., M = Co or Ru), whose lig<strong>and</strong>s do not possess<br />

orbitals, the lowest-energy transition is metal centered <strong>and</strong> the re-<br />

πL <strong>and</strong> π∗ L<br />

sulting πM(t2g) 5σ ∗ M (eg) configuration gives rise to the singlet states 1S1g <strong>and</strong><br />

1S2g <strong>and</strong> the corresponding triplets 3T1g <strong>and</strong> 3T2g. The energy level diagram<br />

(at low energies) for [Ru(NH3)6] 2+ is shown in Fig. 4 (the triplet-state energy<br />

has been obtained by comparison with the analogous Ir(III) complex [21]).<br />

In the case <strong>of</strong> [M(bpy)3] 2+ (M = Ru or Os), however, since the M(II) metal<br />

is easy to oxidize <strong>and</strong> the 2,2 ′ -bipyridine lig<strong>and</strong>s are easy to reduce, the lowest<br />

triplet <strong>and</strong> singlet excited states are metal-to-lig<strong>and</strong> charge-transfer in<br />

character (Fig. 4). For the corresponding [M(bpy)3] 3+ complexes, the lowest<br />

triplet <strong>and</strong> singlet excited states are lig<strong>and</strong>-to-metal charge-transfer in character<br />

[22], since the M(III) metal can be easily reduced <strong>and</strong> the 2,2 ′ -bipyridine<br />

lig<strong>and</strong>s are not too difficult to oxidize (Fig. 4).<br />

In Cr(III) complexes (d3 metal ion), there are three electrons in the HOMO<br />

πM(t2g) orbitals. Therefore, these complexes exhibit an open-shell groundstate<br />

configuration, πM(t2g) 3 , that splits into quartet <strong>and</strong> doublet states<br />

Fig. 4 Schematic energy level diagrams for [Ru(NH3)6] 2+ , [Ru(bpy)3] 2+ ,<strong>and</strong>[Ru(bpy)3] 3+

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