Theoretical interpretation of hyperfine interactions was pioneered in the 1950s-1960s by the seminal works of McConnell, Karplus, and others for organic radicals and by Watson and Freeman for transition-metal (TM) complexes. In this work, we investigate a series of octahedral Ru(III) complexes with aromatic ligands to understand the mechanism of transmission of the spin density from the d-orbital of the metal to the s-orbitals of the ligand atoms. Spin densities and spin populations underlying ligand hyperfine couplings are analyzed in terms of π-conjugative or σ-hyperconjugative delocalization vs spin polarization based on symmetry considerations and restricted open-shell vs unrestricted wave function analysis. The transmission of spin density is shown to be most efficient in the case of symmetry-allowed π-conjugative delocalization, but when the π-conjugation is partially or fully symmetry-forbidden, it can be surpassed by σ-hyperconjugative delocalization. Despite a lower spin population of the ligand in σ-hyperconjugative transmission, the hyperfine couplings can be larger because of the direct involvement of the ligand s-orbitals in this delocalization pathway. We demonstrate a quantitative correlation between the hyperfine couplings of aromatic ligand atoms and the characteristics of the metal-ligand bond modulated by the trans substituent, a hyperfine trans effect.

CEITEC Central European Institute of Technology Masaryk University Kamenice 5 Brno CZ 62500 Czechia

Department of Chemistry Faculty of Science Masaryk University Kamenice 5 Brno CZ 62500 Czechia

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