Heterochiral vs. homochiral linkage of emissive iridium(III) complexes with D-penicillaminate: Drastic change in emission induced by silver(I) linkage

Keisuke Saito, Yuta Sarukawa, Kiyoshi Tsuge, Takumi Konno*

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Abstract

Reactions of [{Ir(ppy or ppy-CF3)2} 2(μ-Cl)2] {Hppy = 2-phenylpyridine, Hppy-CF3 = 2-[3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-pyridine} with d-penicillamine (D-H 2pen) afforded emissive IrIII mononuclear complexes [Ir(ppy or ppy-CF3)2(D-Hpen-N,S)] as a 1:1 mixture of the ΔDD isomers. These complexes were converted into IrIIIAgIIrIII trinuclear structures in [Ag{Ir(D-pen-N,S)(ppy or ppy-CF3)2}{Ir(D-Hpen-N,S)(ppy or ppy-CF3)2}] by treatment with AgNO3, which led to a drastic blueshift of the emission bands. Whereas the (ppy)Ir IIIAgIIrIII complex produced the heterochiral ΔDΔD isomer, the ppy-CF3 complex gave the homochiral ΔDΔD and ΔDΔ D isomers that could completely be separated by crystallization. It was found that the quantum efficiency of the emission band for the ΔDΔD isomer is much lower than that for the ΔDΔD isomer.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3909-3913
Number of pages5
JournalEuropean Journal of Inorganic Chemistry
Issue number25
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010/09

Keywords

  • Chiral resolution
  • Iridium
  • Luminescence
  • S ligands
  • Substituent effects

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Inorganic Chemistry

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