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The complex trans-[Ru(NH3)(4)NO(H2O)]Cl-3. H2O has been isolated as a decom
position product of the dimeric cation [{Ru(NH3)(4)NO}(2) (mu-S-2)](6+). Th
e elemental analysis and electronic, infrared, X-ray, and ESR spectroscopie
s fit well with the formulation trans-[Ru(NH3)(4)NO(H2O)]Cl-3. H2O. The v(N
O) (1912 cm(-1)) observed and the <(Ru-N-O) = 178.1 degrees(5) are consiste
nt with the nitrosonium character of the NO ligand. cyclic voltammetry show
ed only one redox process in the range -0.5 to +1.2 V, which was attributed
to the reaction trans-[(H2O)(NH3)(4)Ru-II(NO+)](3+) + e(-) <----> trans-[(
H2O)(NH3)(4)RuII(NO0)](2+). The pK(a) values 3.1 +/- 0.1 and 7.7 +/- 0.1 (m
u = 0.10 M, NaCl) have been measured for the reaction trans-[Ru(NH3)(4)L(H2
O)](n+) + H2O <----> trans-[Ru-(NH3)(4)L(OH)]((n-1)) + H3O+ where L = NO+ a
nd CO, respectively. The substitution of the coordinated water molecule in
trans-[Ru(NH3)(4)(H2O)NO](3+) by chloride ions proceeds about 30-fold times
slower than in [Ru(NH3)(5)(H2O)]3(+) (k(Cl-) = 8.7 x 10(-5) M-1 s(-1) and
3.7 x 10(-6) M-1 s(-1), respectively; 40 degrees C, mu = 2.0 NaCl, [H+] = 1
.0 x 10(-2) mol L-1). Quantum mechanical DFT calculations how that the mixi
ng between the lone pair of the oxygen, pi in character, and the d(xz) orbi
tal of the metal is linearly related to the pK(a) of the water ligand and t
o the water lability. The calculations have also shown that the pi-d mixing
is strongly dependent on the trans ligand L. The electronic spectra of the
trans-[Ru(NH3)(4)(H2O)L](n+) (L, = CO and NO+) species are discussed on th
e basis of DFT and ZINZDO/S calculations.