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Phosphorescence enhancement by close metal-metal interaction in T1 excited state in a dinuclear copper(i) complex
Simona Bassoli1, G Attilio Ardizzoia, Bruno Therrien
1Dipartimento di Scienza e Alta Tecnologia, Università degli Studi dell'Insubria and CIRCC, Via Valleggio, 9 - 22100 Como, Italy. stefano.brenna@uninsubria.it.
Abstract:
The dinuclear copper(i) complex [Cu2(μ-dppm)2(lact)(μ-lact)] (1) (dppm = bis(diphenylphosphino)methane; lact = l-(+)-lactate) was synthesized and fully characterized both in solution and solid state. Variable temperature NMR experiments (1H and 31P), conductivity measurements and infrared spectroscopy, suggest the occurrence of a fluxional behavior in solution involving the lactate anion. The crystal structure shows the presence of both monodentate and bridged lactate in the complex. In the solid state, 1 shows green phosphorescent emission characterized by a very large Stokes shift (161 nm, 1.09 eV) and a good absolute quantum yield (0.43). Calculations performed at the Density Functional Theory level demonstrate that the electronic transition responsible for the emission originates from a triplet excited state where the shortening of the CuCu distance plays a crucial role.
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