Organometallic quinonoid linkers: A versatile tether for the design of panchromatic Ruthenium(II) heteroleptic complexes

The synthesis, X-ray structure determination, and photophysical investigation of a novel series of heteroleptic ruthenium(II) polypyridine complexes with organometallic linkers are reported. The displayed panchromatic absorption features are assigned by means of time-dependent density functional theory studies.