Spectroscopic and electrochemical studies of a series of copper(I) and rhenium(I) complexes with substituted dipyrido[3,2-a:2′,3′-c]phenazine ligands †

Abstract

Copper(I) and rhenium(I) complexes with the ligand dipyrido[3,2,-a:2′,3′-c]phenazine (dppz) and a number of substituted analogues have been synthesized. Their spectroscopic and electrochemical properties have been studied. It is found that the lowest-energy transition for the complexes is metal-to-ligand charge transfer (MLCT) in nature. This has a low ε value. The resonance Raman spectra for the complexes show groups of bands that shift with substitution at the ligand and groups that remain unchanged in wavenumber. Electrochemical reduction of the complexes resulted in the formation of the ligand radical anion species for all but one system. This was confirmed by UV/VIS spectroelectrochemistry. Using resonance Raman spectroelectrochemistry marker bands have been identified for the radical anion species. The excited states of the complexes were studied by excited-state electronic absorption and time-resolved resonance Raman techniques. The former spectra are ambiguous as to the nature of the lowest excited state; however, the latter spectra confirm that this state is ligand-centred for complexes of dppz and its 11-methyl derivative. Complexes with the 11-nitro derivative appear to form excited states that are MLCT in nature.

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