Inorganic Chemistry, Vol.46, No.25, 10901-10906, 2007
Electrochemical and EPR studies of the corannulene ruthenium(II) sandwich complex [(eta(6)-C6Me6)Ru(eta(6)-C20H10)](SbF6)(2)
The dication [(eta(6)-C6Me6)Ru(eta(6)-C20H10 10)](2+) in propylene carbonate solution exhibits a sequence of reduction processes that is either metal-centered [Ru(II)/Ru(l)/Ru(O)] or ligand-centered. The marginally stable Ru(I) monocation [(eta(6)-C6Me6)Ru (=eta(6)-C20H10,o)](+) has been characterized by EPR spectroscopy. The electrochemistry Of C20H10 and EPR features of its stable monoanion [C20H10](-) have also been revisited.