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JOURNAL OF ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY
Volume 893, Issue -, Pages 11-20Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2019.04.019
Keywords
Iridium; Luminescence; Ligands; DFT
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- Cardiff University (Knowledge Economy Skills Scholarship, via the Welsh Government's European Social Fund)
- STG Aerospace
- EPSRC
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A series of four substituted benzo[g]quinoxaline species have been synthesised and utilised as cyclo-metalating ligands for iridium(III). The ligands (L1-L4) were synthesised and isolated in good yield following the condensation of 2,3-diaminonaphthalene with benzil and three of its derivatives. The substituent modulated electronic properties of L1-L4 were dominated by intraligand pi-pi* transitions, with the fluorescence profile demonstrating vibronic features attributed to the highly conjugated nature of the chromophore. Iridium(III) complexes of the form [Ir(L)(2)(bipy)]PF6 were synthesised from L1-L4 in two steps. The electronic properties of the complexes reveal absorption in the UV-vis. region with spin forbidden metal-to-ligand charge transfer (MLCT) transitions possibly contributing at longer wave-lengths to ca. 600 nm. Steady state luminescence (aerated, room temperature) on solutions of the complexes showed dual emissive properties in the visible and near-infra red (NIR) regions. Firstly, a vibronically structured emission in the visible region (ca. 525 nm) was attributed to ligand centred fluorescence (lifetime < 10 ns). Secondly, a broad emission peak in the NIR (ca. 950 nm) which extended to around 1200 nm was observed with corresponding lifetimes of 116-162 ns, indicative of triplet excited state emission. (c) 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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