Related Experiment Video
Updated: Sep 15, 2025

Synthesis of pH Dependent Pyrazole, Imidazole, and Isoindolone Dipyrrinone Fluorophores using a Claisen-Schmidt Condensation Approach
Published on: June 10, 2021
Synthesis, structure and blue-light emission of a zero-dimensional zinc halide with the 4-(4-chlorophenyl)pyridinium
1College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Luoyang Normal University, Luoyang 471934, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
Exploring blue emission lead-free halides with high photoluminescence quantum yields (PLQYs) is a significant and challenging issue for luminescent materials. Herein, a zero-dimensional (0D) organic-inorganic hybrid halide, namely, bis[4-(4-chlorophenyl)pyridinium] tetrabromidozincate, (C11H9ClN)2[ZnBr4] or [HCPP]2[ZnBr4] [CPP is 4-(4-chlorophenyl)pyridine], was synthesized through acid solution evaporation. The compound crystallizes in the monoclinic space group C2/c. The asymmetric unit consists of a [ZnBr4]2- dianion cluster and two monoprotonated [HCPP]+ cations. The [ZnBr4]2- unit presents an almost undistorted tetrahedral geometry. The [HCPP]+ cations adopt nearly coplanar conformations with small dihedral angles of 5.05 (3)°; there are relatively strong π-π interactions between adjacent [HCPP]+ cations due to slipped parallel packing, with a distance of 3.81 (1) Å. Significantly, this halide exhibits highly efficient blue-light emission (385-500 nm) with a PLQY of 56.35%.
More Related Videos
08:18Synthesis and Characterization of High c-axis ZnO Thin Film by Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition System and its UV Photodetector Application
Published on: October 3, 2015
09:12[DPEPhosbcpCu]PF6: A General and Broadly Applicable Copper-Based Photoredox Catalyst
Published on: May 21, 2019
Related Concept Videos
Aromatic Hydrocarbon Cations: Structural Overview
Removing one hydrogen from the intervening CH2 group...
Ionic Crystal Structures
Most monatomic ions behave as charged spheres, and their attraction for ions of opposite charge is the same in every direction. Consequently, stable structures for ionic compounds result (1) when ions of one charge are surrounded by as many ions as possible of the opposite...
Variables Affecting Phosphorescence and Fluorescence
VSEPR Theory and the Effect of Lone Pairs
Crystal Field Theory - Tetrahedral and Square Planar Complexes
Crystal field theory (CFT) is applicable to molecules in geometries other than octahedral. In octahedral complexes, the lobes of the dx2−y2 and dz2 orbitals point directly at the ligands. For tetrahedral complexes, the d orbitals remain in place, but with only four ligands located between the axes. None of the orbitals points directly at the tetrahedral ligands. However, the dx2−y2 and dz2 orbitals (along the Cartesian axes) overlap with the ligands less than the dxy,...
Reactions at the Benzylic Position: Halogenation