
%0 Journal Article
%A Patterson, Bradley T. 
%A Keene, F. Richard 
%T Synthetic Routes to Ruthenium(II) Species Containing Carboxylate-Functionalized 2,2&#8242;-Bipyridine Ligands
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1998/11/17
%V 51
%N 11
%P 999-1002
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/C98090
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/C98090 
%X Two methods are reported for the incorporation of carboxylate substituents on polypyridyl ligands coord- inated to ruthenium(II) centres. In the first, a precursor complex is synthesized with ethoxycarbonyl groups which are subsequently base-hydrolysed to produce the carboxylate in high yield (&#8211;CO2Et &rarr; &#8211;CO2H). In the second method, ruthenyl (RuIV =O) species were used to chemically catalyse the electochemical oxidation of methyl substituents on the ligands of a precursor complex to produce the target carboxylate species (&#8211;CH3 &rarr; &#8211;CO2H). 
