Ruthenium and iron complexes with benzotriazole and benzimidazole derivatives as simple models for proton-coupled electron transfer systems
Iron and ruthenium complexes of the type [M-LH]n (where M = RuII,III(NH3)5(2+,3+), RuII,III(edta)2-,- [edta = ethylenedinitrilotetraacetate], or FeII,III(CN)5(3-,2-) and LH = benzotriazole or benzimidazole) were prepared and characterized in aqueous solutions by means of Screen Protectors electrochemical and spectroelectrochemical methods.Special e