Cyclometalated platinum(II) with ethynyl-linked azobenzene ligands: an original switching mode


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Savel P., Latouche C., Roisnel T., Akdas-Kilig H., Boucekkine A., Fillaut J.

DALTON TRANSACTIONS, cilt.42, sa.48, ss.16773-16783, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 42 Sayı: 48
  • Basım Tarihi: 2013
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1039/c3dt51925b
  • Dergi Adı: DALTON TRANSACTIONS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.16773-16783
  • Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

The photophysical properties of 6-phenyl-2,2'-bipyridyl platinum(II) complexes bearing different sigma-alkynyl-linked azobenzene ancillary ligands were investigated. These complexes exhibited strong, broad, structureless charge-transfer bands in the visible region, which were red-shifted when the electron-donating ability of the para substituent on the azo-acetylide ligand increased. When excited at the charge-transfer absorption band, the complexes exhibited weak green emission, which was assigned to a triplet metal-to-ligand charge transfer/interligand charge transfer emission ((MLCT)-M-3/L-3'LCT). The presence of an amino substituent in the azobenzene moiety opened the possibility of protonation, which led to the formation of an azonium based derivative and resulted in drastic perturbations of the molecular orbitals and photophysical properties of the Pt-acetylide complex. These studies are fully supported by DFT and TD-DFT calculations.