A general preparative route to self-assembled monolayer surfaces of polypyridine ligands and their metal complexes
Abstract
The in situ reaction of 4-methylpyridine, 5,6-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline, 4,4′-dimethyl-2,2′-bipyridine, or fac-Re(4,4′-dmbpy)(CO)3Cl with self-assembled surfaces derived from BrCH2[CH2]nSi(X)3(n= 2 or 7; X = Cl or OMe) in the presence of the strong base lithium diisopropylamide gives new films incorporating the ligands or Re complex.