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INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Volume 48, Issue 14, Pages 6924-6933Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ic900391q
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- NSF [CHE-0645563]
- ONR [N00014-08-1-0729]
- Robert A. Welch Foundation [F-1621]
- Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation
- University of Texas at Austin
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Bimetallic [Ir(COD)Cl] and [Ir(ppy)(2)] (COD = 1,5-cyclooctadiene; ppy = 2-phenylpyridyl) complexes bridged by 1,7-dimethyl-3,5-diphenylbenzobis(imidazolylidene) (1), in addition to their monometallic analogues supported by 1-methyl-3-phenylbenzimidazolylidene (2), were synthesized and studied. Electrochemical analyses indicated that 1 facilitated moderate electronic coupling between [Ir(COD)Cl] units (Delta E = similar to 60 mV), but not [Ir(ppy)(2)], The metal-based oxidation potentials for the bimetallic complexes were within 20 mV of those for their monometallic analogues. Furthermore, spectroscopic analyses of the [Ir(ppy)(2)] bimetallic and monometallic complexes revealed nearly identical phosphorescence profiles, indicating that carbene coordination does not affect the energy of the emissive states. Collectively, these results suggest that N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) such as 1 could link together two emissive fragments without altering their fundamental phosphorescence profiles. Ultimately, employing multitopic NHCs as non-interfering molecular connectors could facilitate the rational design of new phosphorescent materials as well as second-generation phosphor dopants.
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