Issue 46, 2011

Luminescent cyclometalated gold(iii) complexes

Abstract

Many luminescent gold(I) compounds are known, but in the vast majority of gold(III) complexes reported until recently, room temperature emission in fluid solution does not occur. As for other d8 and d6 metals, the key to obtaining gold(III) compounds with favorable luminescence properties seems to be the use of cyclometalating ligands that ensure very strong ligand fields. Recent progress in this emerging research field is discussed, and where appropriate, comparison to isoelectronic platinum(II) complexes and their photophysical properties is made.

Graphical abstract: Luminescent cyclometalated gold(iii) complexes

Article information

Article type
Perspective
Submitted
12 Apr 2011
Accepted
03 May 2011
First published
24 Jun 2011

Dalton Trans., 2011,40, 12409-12420

Luminescent cyclometalated gold(III) complexes

C. Bronner and O. S. Wenger, Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 12409 DOI: 10.1039/C1DT10636H

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