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Photochemistry and Photophysics of Coordination Compounds

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60 N.A.P. Kane-Maguire<br />

Fig. 19 Representative trans-[Cr(macrocycle)(ONO)2] + complexes<br />

The only product <strong>of</strong> 436 nm continuous photolysis <strong>of</strong> I in deaerated pH 7<br />

aqueous solution was trans-[Cr(cyclam)(H2O)(ONO)] 2+ ,formedinasubstitution<br />

step in only low quantum yield (φaq = 0.009). However, when the<br />

same photolysis was performed in air-saturated solution, a very different<br />

product was formed in much higher yield (φO2 = 0.27). On the basis <strong>of</strong><br />

mass spectral <strong>and</strong> EPR evidence, this Cr final product was formulated as the<br />

oxo-Cr(V) species, trans-[Cr(cyclam)(O)(ONO)] 2+ . In addition, NO gas release<br />

was confirmed employing an NO-specific electrode sensor. Transient<br />

absorption spectral studies indicated that NO release occurred in a rapidly<br />

reversible earlier step (see Scheme 2) involving homolytic cleavage <strong>of</strong> coordinated<br />

nitrite ion in I to yield the transitory oxo-Cr(IV) product, trans-<br />

[Cr(cyclam)(O)(ONO)] + .<br />

Scheme 2 Photoinitiated reaction scheme for trans-[Cr(cyclam)(ONO)2] +<br />

In deaerated solution, the transient rapidly reforms the parent complex,<br />

resulting in simple photoaquation being the only observed net reaction.<br />

Under air-saturated conditions, however, the transient species is very rapidly<br />

scavenged by dissolved O2 to generate the oxo-Cr(V) final product, leading to<br />

the net release <strong>of</strong> NO gas. The overall mechanism is summarized in Scheme 2.<br />

In an effort to utilize this reaction scheme in a more practical NO delivery<br />

system, the Ford group subsequently synthesized a series <strong>of</strong> complexes where

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