Selvam Amudhan Senthan et al.
Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003), 44(33), 14813-14822 (2015-07-30)
A new series of octanuclear Ru(ii) complexes of tolylterpyridine appended calixresorcarenes [{Ru(ttpy)}8()](PF6)16 (), [{Ru(ttpy)}8()](PF6)16 (), and [{Ru(ttpy)}8()](PF6)16 () [ = 2,8,14,20-tetraethyl-4,6,10,12,16,18,22,24-octa(4'-p-benzyloxy-(2,2':6',2''-terpyridinyl))calix[4]resorcarene; = 2,8,14,20-tetraphenyl-4,6,10,12,16,18,22,24-octa(4'-p-benzyloxy-(2,2':6',2''-terpyridinyl))calix[4]resorcarene; and = 2,8,14,20-tetra-p-tolyl-4,6,10,12,16,18,22,24-octa(4'-p-benzyloxy-(2,2':6',2''-terpyridinyl))calix[4]resorcarene] have been synthesized and characterized. The tetraethyl-, tetraphenyl-, and tetra-p-tolylcalixresorcarenes (), (), and ()