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Substituent effects on the photophysical properties of 2,9-substituted phenanthroline copper(I) complexes: a theoretical investigation

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CHEMPHYSCHEM
卷 22, 期 5, 页码 509-515

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WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202000868

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copper(I) phenanthroline; density functional theory; excited-state structure; free-energy profile; substituent effects

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The study investigates the electronic and nuclear structures of a series of copper(I) complexes using density functional theory and time-dependent methods. It reveals the limitations of static models in interpreting the luminescent and TADF properties of these molecules, emphasizing the role of nuclear motions in the photophysics. Born-Oppenheimer dynamics simulations confirm the structural evolution and presence of metastable structures within the complexes.
The electronic and nuclear structures of a series of [Cu(2,9-(X)(2)-phen)(2)](+) copper(I) complexes (phen=1,10-phenanthroline; X=H, F, Cl, Br, I, Me, CN) in their ground and excited states are investigated by means of density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent (TD-DFT) methods. Subsequent Born-Oppenheimer molecular dynamics is used for exploring the T-1 potential energy surface (PES). The T-1 and S-1 energy profiles, which connect the degenerate minima induced by ligand flattening and Cu-N bond symmetry breaking when exciting the molecule are calculated as well as transition state (TS) structures and related energy barriers. Three nuclear motions drive the photophysics, namely the coordination sphere asymmetric breathing, the well-documented pseudo Jahn-Teller (PJT) distortion and the bending of the phen ligands. This theoretical study reveals the limit of the static picture based on potential energy surfaces minima and transition states for interpreting the luminescent and TADF properties of this class of molecules. Whereas minor asymmetric Cu-N bonds breathing accompanies the metal-to-ligand-charge-transfer re-localization over one or the other phen ligand, the three nuclear movements participate to the flattening of the electronically excited complexes. This leads to negligible energy barriers whatever the ligand X for the first process and significant ligand dependent energy barriers for the formation of the flattened conformers. Born-Oppenheimer (BO) dynamics simulation of the structural evolution on the T-1 PES over 11 ps at 300 K confirms the fast backwards and forwards motion of the phenanthroline within 200-300 fs period and corroborates the presence of metastable C-2 structures.

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