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Tuning the excited state of photoactive building blocks for metal-templated self-assembly.


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Ahmad , Haslina and Meijer, Anthony J. H. M. and Thomas, Jim A. (2011) Tuning the excited state of photoactive building blocks for metal-templated self-assembly. Chemistry-An Asian Journal , 6 (9). pp. 2339-2351. ISSN 1861-4728; ESSN:1861-471X

Abstract

The reaction of 2,2':4,4'':4',4'''-quaterpyridyl (qtpy), with d(6) ruthenium(II) (Ru(II) ), and rhenium(I) (Re(I) ) metal centers has been investigated. The pendant pyridyl groups on the products have also been methylated to produce a second series of complexes containing coordinated Meqtpy(2+). The absorption spectra of the complexes are dominated by intraligand and charge-transfer bands. The ruthenium(II) complexes display broad unstructured luminescence consistent with emission from a Ru(d)→diimine(π*) manifold in acetonitrile solutions. In aqueous solutions, their emissions are weaker and the lifetimes are shorter. This effect is particularly acute for complexes incorporating coordinated dipyridylpyrazine, dppz, ligands. Although the emission of the ruthenium(II) complexes containing Meqtpy(2+) is generally shorter than their qtpy analogs, it is notable that solvent-dependent effects are much less intense. The rhenium(I) complexes also display broad unstructured luminescence but, compared with the ruthenium(II) systems, they have a relatively short lifetime in acetonitrile. Electrochemical studies reveal that all of the Ru(II) complexes display chemically reversible metal-based oxidations. Re(I) complexes only display irreversible metal-based oxidations. In most cases, the reduction processes were not fully chemically reversible. The electrochemical and optical studies reveal that the nature of the lowest excited state of these complexes--particularly, the systems incorporating dppz--is highly dependent on the nature of the coordinated ligands. Calculations indicate that, although the excited state of most of the complexes is centered on the qtpy or Meqtpy(2+) ligands, the excited state of the complexes containing dppz ligands is switched away from the dppz by qtpy methylation. A crystallographic study on one of the dicationic ruthenium(II) structures reveals that it forms an inclusion complex with benzene.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Science
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.1002/asia.201100091
Publisher: Wiley-VCH Verlag
Keywords: Ruthenium; Luminescence; Density functional theory; Electrochemistry; Complexes as ligands.
Depositing User: Nur Farahin Ramli
Date Deposited: 18 Jul 2013 01:07
Last Modified: 29 Sep 2015 07:04
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URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/25157
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