Issue 17, 2023

Aggregation of phosphorescent Pd(ii) and Pt(ii) complexes with lipophilic counter-anions in non-polar solvents

Abstract

Phosphorescent cationic tridentate C^N^N (HC^N^N = 6-(2-R2,4-R1-phenyl)-2,2′-bipyridine; R1 = R2 = H or F, or R1 = OMe, R2 = H) cyclometallated Pd(II) complexes with an N,N-dimethyl-imidazol-allenylidene ancillary ligand (L) and their corresponding Pt(II) congeners have been synthesized and characterized, following the previously reported preparation of the complex [Pd(6-phenyl-2,2′-bipyridine)L]+. For these cationic Pd(II)/Pt(II) complexes with 2,3,4-tris(dodecyloxy)benzenesulfonate (LA) counter-anions in mixed CH2Cl2/toluene solvents, uniform square flake or fibre-like aggregates were formed. Corresponding multicolour phosphorescence with obvious metal–metal-to-ligand charge transfer (MMLCT) features gradually changed from red to NIR by manipulating the various fractions of Pd/Pt species. Circular dichroism (CD) and circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) derived from the fibre-like Pd aggregates of [Pd(6-(2,4-difluorophenyl)-2,2′-bipyridine)L]+ in chiroptical CH2Cl2/limonene solvents were achieved with an isodesmic aggregation mode. Dispersive metallophilic interactions are claimed to be the driving force for these photo-functional aggregates.

Graphical abstract: Aggregation of phosphorescent Pd(ii) and Pt(ii) complexes with lipophilic counter-anions in non-polar solvents

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
20 10 2022
Accepted
28 3 2023
First published
29 3 2023

Dalton Trans., 2023,52, 5503-5513

Aggregation of phosphorescent Pd(II) and Pt(II) complexes with lipophilic counter-anions in non-polar solvents

N. Zhou, C. Zou, S. Suo, Y. Liu, J. Lin, X. Zhang, M. Shi, X. Chang and W. Lu, Dalton Trans., 2023, 52, 5503 DOI: 10.1039/D2DT03415H

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