S. Sprouse, K. King, P. Spellane
Oct 1, 1984
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Abstract
Dichloro-bridged dimers of the type (M(L)/sub 2/Cl)/sub 2/, where L is 2-phenylpyridine (ppy) or benzo(h)quinoline (bzq) and M is Rh(III) or Ir(III), have been characterized by /sup 13/C and /sup 1/H NMR spectroscopies and by absorption and emission spectroscopies. The NMR results confirm previous formulations of the complexes as dichloro-bridged ortho-metalated dimers in halocarbon solvents but indicate that they are cleaved to monomeric species of the type M(L)/sub 2/CIS in ligating solvents such as dimethylformamide (S = solvent). The absorption spectra of each of the complexes contain several low-energy bands which are assigned as metal-to-ligand charge-transfer (MLCT) transitions. All four of the dimers emit light following photoexcitation of their glassy solutions at 77 K. Their emission spectra and lifetimes lead to assignments of their emitting states as intraligand for the Rh(III) dimers and MLCT for the Ir(III) dimers. The Ir(III) dimers are also found to emit light following excitation at 295 K in deaerated dichloromethane. No emission is seen from the Rh(III) dimers under these conditions. Comparison of these results with previous results from studies of similar Rh(III) and Ir(III) complexes of 2,2'-bipyridine (bpy) and 1,10-phenanthroline (phen) indicates that the ortho-metalated ligands are considerably higher than bpy and phen inmore » the spectrochemical series. In addition to raising the energy of ligand field excited states in their complexes, relative to similar bpy and phen species, they induce lower energy charge-transfer transitions. These effects are consistent with the synergistic function of the ortho-metalated ligands as both strong sigma donors and ..pi.. acceptors.« less