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Water-soluble, luminescent iridium(III)-ytterbium(III) complexes using dipyrido[3,2-a:2',3'-c]phenazine derivatives
Jennifer E Jones1, Robert L Jenkins, Robin S Hicks
1School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, UK.
Abstract:
Amino-substituted dipyrido[3,2-a:2',3'-c]phenazine (L(1)) and dimethyl-dipyrido[3,2-a:2',3'-c]phenazine (L(2)) have been investigated as: (i) chromophores in cyclen-based ligands for lanthanide(III) ions; (II) ancillary co-ligands in cyclometalated iridium(III) complexes; (III) bridging, linker units in covalently linked, water-soluble bimetallic lanthanide(III) iridium(III) hybrid complexes. The dipyrido[3,2-a:2',3'-c]phenazine (dppz) derivatives can act as sensitising chromophores (λ(ex) 400 nm) for Yb(III), resulting in characteristic near-IR emission at 950-1050 nm. The incorporation of dppz-type ligands into cyclometalated Ir(III) complexes of the general type [Ir(epqc)(2)(L(n))](PF(6)) (where epqc = ethylphenylquinoline carboxylate) gave luminescent species with solvent-sensitive emission properties. Steady state and time-resolved luminescence measurements on the water-soluble d-f hybrid species showed that Yb(III) can be sensitised using visible light.
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