The synthesis and photophysical study of a family of cyclometalated iridium(III) complexes are reported. The iridium complexes have two cyclometalated (C∧N) ligands and a single monoanionic, bidentate ancillary ligand (LX), i.e., C∧N2Ir(LX). The C∧N ligands can be any of a wide variety of organometallic ligands. The LX ligands used for this study were all β-diketonates, with the major emphasis placed on acetylacetonate (acac) complexes. The majority of the C∧N2Ir(acac) complexes phosphoresce with high quantum efficiencies (solution quantum yields, 0.1−0.6), and microsecond lifetimes (e.g., 1−14 μs). The strongly allowed phosphorescence in these complexes is the result of significant spin−orbit coupling of the Ir center. The lowest energy (emissive) excited state in these C∧N2Ir(acac) complexes is a mixture of 3MLCT and 3(π−π*) states. By choosing the appropriate C∧N ligand, C∧N2Ir(acac) complexes can be prepared which emit in any color from green to red. Simple, systematic changes in the C∧N ligands, whic...

Highly phosphorescent bis-cyclometalated iridium complexes: synthesis, photophysical characterization, and use in organic light emitting diodes.

Helicates as Versatile Supramolecular Complexes.

The synthesis, electrochemistry, and photophysics of a series of square planar Pt(II) complexes are reported. The complexes have the general structure C∧NPt(O∧O),where C∧N is a monoanionic cyclometalating ligand (e.g., 2-phenylpyridyl, 2-(2‘-thienyl)pyridyl, 2-(4,6-difluorophenyl)pyridyl, etc.) and O∧O is a β-diketonato ligand. Reaction of K2PtCl4 with a HC∧N ligand precursor forms the chloride-bridged dimer, C∧NPt(μ-Cl)2PtC∧N, which is cleaved with β-diketones such as acetyl acetone (acacH) and dipivaloylmethane (dpmH) to give the corresponding monomeric C∧NPt(O∧O) complex. The thpyPt(dpm) (thpy = 2-(2‘-thienyl)pyridyl) complex has been characterized using X-ray crystallography. The bond lengths and angles for this complex are similar to those of related cyclometalated Pt complexes. There are two independent molecular dimers in the asymmetric unit, with intermolecular spacings of 3.45 and 3.56 A, consistent with moderate π−π interactions and no evident Pt−Pt interactions. Most of the C∧NPt(O∧O) complexes...

Synthesis and characterization of phosphorescent cyclometalated platinum complexes.

The potential of palladacycles: more than just precatalysts

Light-Emitting Self-Assembled Materials Based on d(8) and d(10) Transition Metal Complexes.

The absorption spectra, luminescence spectra, and luminescence lifetimes of the isomeric [M(bph)(bpy)] and [M(phpy)2] complexes M = Pt(II) or Pd(II), bph2− = 1,1′-biphenyl-2,2′-diyl dianion, phpy− = 2-phenylpyridine-2′-yl anion, and bpy = 2,2′-bipyridine have been investigated and compared with those of [M(bpy)2]2+ complexes and of the free protonated ligands H2bph, Hbpy+, and Hphpy. In the absorption spectra, the region below 320 mm is dominated by ligand-centered (LC) transitions, whereas metal-to-ligand charge transfer (MLCT) transitions are responsible for the bands present in the near UV/VIS region. The MLCT bands move to higher energies on replacing Pt with Pd and in going from [M(bph)(bpy)] to the [M(phpy)2] isomer. For the mixed-ligand complexes, evidence for both M bph2− (at higher energies) and M bpy bands is found. The structured luminescence observed at 77 K shows lifetimes of 4.0 and 1.1 μs for [Pt(phpy)2] and [Pt(bph)(bpy)], respectively, and 480 and 250 μs for the analogous Pd complexes. On the basis of the energy and lifetime data, the luminescence of the Pt(II) complexes is assigned to the lowest triplet MLCT excited state, whereas for the Pd complexes the luminescent state is thought to result from a mixture of MLCT and LC triplet levels.

Absorption Spectra and Luminescence Properties of Isomeric Platinum (II) and Palladium (II) Complexes containing 1,1′-biphenyldiyl, 2-phenylpyridine, and 2,2′-bijpyridine as ligands

Spectroscopic properties of Pt(II) and Pd(II) complexes with aromatic terdendate (C″>N^C) cyclometallating ligands

Photochemistry and luminescence of cyclometallated complexes

The X-ray structure of cis-bis(2,6-diphenylpyridinato-N, C2′)platinum(II) shows the first example of helical chirality for a ‘square planar’ co-ordination compound with nonchiral ligands; 1H NMR investigations indicate no racemization of the compound in solution on the NMR time scale.

A new type of ‘square planar’ platinum(II) complex showing helical chirality

A synthetic route leading to bis-heteroleptic cyclometalated complexes 






is described. The complexes [2-(2′-thienyl)pyridinato-N, C-3′]{2-[3′-(trimethylsilyl)2′-thienyl]pyridinato-N, C3′}platinum(II) ([Pt(thpy) (TMS-thpy)]; I) and (l-phenylpyrazolato-N2, C2′)[2-(2′-thienyl)pyridinato-N, C3′]platinum ([Pt(Phpz)(thpy)]; II) are characterized by UV/VIS, NMR, and mass spectroscopy. Thermal and photochemical oxidative addition reactions yield two out of the 10 possible pairs of enantiomers of octahedral Pt(IV) compounds.

Christine Deuschel-Cornioley

Papers

Absorption Spectra and Luminescence Properties of Isomeric Platinum (II) and Palladium (II) Complexes containing 1,1′-biphenyldiyl, 2-phenylpyridine, and 2,2′-bijpyridine as ligands

Spectroscopic properties of Pt(II) and Pd(II) complexes with aromatic terdendate (C″>N^C) cyclometallating ligands

Photochemistry and luminescence of cyclometallated complexes

A new type of ‘square planar’ platinum(II) complex showing helical chirality

Cyclometalated Compounds of Platinum(II) with two different C, N‐aromatic ligands