“…Peaks for the free Ru(II) complexes were assigned according to the literature for [M(PP) 3 ] 2+ complexes in water (M = Fe, Ru, or Os), 47 and those for the Ir(III) complexes were assigned similarly, as the spectra were very similar to those of Ru(II) analogues; the order of peaks also agrees with that previously assigned in DMSO-d 6 . 48 For all guests, protons on the "farther" edge of the polypyridyl ligands (H3,3′ and H4,4′ for bpy and H4,7 and H5,6 for phen) exhibited large shifts in the presence of Q [10], while those in the position meta to the coordinating N atom (H5,5′ for bpy and H3,8 for phen) were least affected. At all stages, only one set of peaks was observed for the guest; sharp peaks indicated fast exchange for Ru-1 with Q [10], and broader peaks indicated intermediate exchange for the larger Ru-2 with Q [10], on the NMR time scale.…”