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Victoria E Pritchard1, Diego Rota Martir2, Eli Zysman-Colman2
1School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.
Abstract:
Mononuclear and trinuclear bis-cyclometallated IrIII complexes of the host ligands tris(4-[4'-methyl-2,2'-bipyridyl]methyl)cyclotriguaiacylene (L1) and tris(4-(4'-methyl-2,2'- bipyridyl)carboxy)cyclotriguaiacylene (L2) have been prepared. Complexes [{Ir(ppy)2 }3 (L1)](PF6 )3 (1.1), [{Ir(ppy)2 }(L1)](PF6 )3 (1.2), [{Ir(ppy)2 }3 (L2)](PF6 )3 (2.1) and [{Ir(ppy)2 }(L2)](PF6 )3 (2.2) (where ppy=phenylpyridinato) showed distinct photophysical properties depending on the L ligand. Complexes featuring the L1 ligand were comparatively blue-shifted in solution, with longer lifetimes and higher quantum yields. The mixed bis-cyclometallated IrIII complexes [{Ir(ppy)2 }{Ir(dFppy)2 }2 (L1)](PF6 )3 (1.3), [{Ir(ppy)2 }{Ir(dFppy)2 }2 (L2)](PF6 )3 (2.3), [{Ir(ppy)2 }2 {Ir(dFppy)2 }(L1)](PF6 )3 (1.4) and [{Ir(ppy)2 }2 {Ir(dFppy)2 }(L2)](PF6 )3 (2.4) (where dFppy=2,4-difluorophenylpyrinato) were also synthesised. Steady-state and time-resolved spectroscopy, along with electrochemical investigations, show that the Ir(III) chromophores within these mixed Ir-environment species behave as isolated centres, with no energy transfer or electronic communication between them.
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