Synthesis 2007(4): 505-514  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-965901
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Synthesis of Highly Charged Ruthenium(II)-Quaterpyridinium Complexes: A Bottom-Up Approach to Monodisperse Nanostructures

Aibin Shia, Megh Raj Pokhrela,b, Stefan H. Bossmann*a
a Kansas State University, Department of Chemistry, 111 Willard Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506-3701, USA
Fax: +1(785)5326666; e-Mail: sbossman@ksu.edu;
b Central Department of Chemistry, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal
e-Mail: meghrajpokhrel2000@yahoo.com;
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Received 6 September 2006
Publication Date:
22 January 2007 (online)

Abstract

Tris-homoleptic ruthenium(II)-quaterpyridine and -quaterpyridinium complexes, possessing geometric dimensions in the nanoscale, have been synthesized. The diameters range from 1.82 to 4.55 nm according to molecular modeling. The new complexes are highly charged (either +8 or +14) and luminescent and represent examples for the ‘bottom-up’ approach to monodisperse nanostructures.