Issue 23, 2016

A series of dinuclear cuprous iodide complexes chelated with 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)benzene derivatives: structural, photophysical and thermal properties

Abstract

Three new bisphosphine ligands, 4-phenyl-1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)benzene (Ph-dppb), 4-pyrrolyl-1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)benzene (Pr-dppb), and 4,5-dimethoxyl-1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)benzene (OMe-dppb), were synthesized to coordinate with cuprous iodide (CuI), and compared with 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)benzene (dppb). Single crystal X-ray diffraction and elemental analysis experiments indicate that three binuclear CuI complexes with formulae of [Cu(μ2-I)Ph-dppb]2, [Cu(μ2-I)Pr-dppb]2, and [Cu(μ2-I)OMe-dppb]2 were obtained, which are the same as the reference complex [Cu(μ2-I)dppb]2. The three complexes showed a maximum emission band (λmax) in the range of 484–535 nm which varies in the electron effect of the substituted groups (i.e. methoxy, pyrrolyl, phenyl) on [Cu(μ2-I)dppb]2, and in high photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY) from 53 to 90% in the solid state. Furthermore, the complexes [Cu(μ2-I)Ph-dppb]2 and [Cu(μ2-I)Pr-dppb]2 exhibited a thermal decomposition temperature exceeding 380 °C. The high PLQY and excellent thermal stability of these CuI complexes imply their great potential application as efficient emitters in organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs).

Graphical abstract: A series of dinuclear cuprous iodide complexes chelated with 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)benzene derivatives: structural, photophysical and thermal properties

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
23 dec 2015
Accepted
16 mar 2016
First published
16 mar 2016

CrystEngComm, 2016,18, 4388-4394

A series of dinuclear cuprous iodide complexes chelated with 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)benzene derivatives: structural, photophysical and thermal properties

X. Li, J. Zhang, F. Wei, X. Liu, Z. Liu, Z. Bian and C. Huang, CrystEngComm, 2016, 18, 4388 DOI: 10.1039/C5CE02533H

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