Photochemistry and Photophysics of Coordination Compounds
Photochemistry and Photophysics of Coordination Compounds
Photochemistry and Photophysics of Coordination Compounds
Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
<strong>Photochemistry</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Photophysics</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Coordination</strong> <strong>Compounds</strong>: Rhodium 225<br />
tion <strong>of</strong> the excited states in classical, localized terms (MC, LC, MLCT) is not<br />
generally applicable for cyclometalated complexes.<br />
The general behavior <strong>of</strong> other Rh(N^C)2(N^N) + complexesissimilar<br />
to that described above for Rh(ppy)2(bpy) + , with some easily underst<strong>and</strong>able<br />
specific differences. For instance, the main effect <strong>of</strong> substituting thpy<br />
(8) for ppy is an enhancement <strong>of</strong> emission intensity <strong>and</strong> lifetime in roomtemperature<br />
solutions [63]. This is likely a result <strong>of</strong> the lower energy <strong>of</strong><br />
the emission <strong>and</strong> the consequent lower efficiency <strong>of</strong> the thermally activated<br />
decay [70] via higher MC states. The remarkably long-lived (4.4–6.6 µs)<br />
emission observed in fluid solution for an analog <strong>of</strong> 10 with aldehyde substituents<br />
on the phenyl ring <strong>of</strong> the cyclometalating lig<strong>and</strong> [71] is probably<br />
justified by the same type <strong>of</strong> argument. On the other h<strong>and</strong>, the photophysical<br />
behavior <strong>of</strong> 10 is only slightly affected by substitution <strong>of</strong> bpy with similar<br />
N^N lig<strong>and</strong>s, such as, e.g., 1,10-phenanthroline, 2,2 ′ -biquinoline [72],<br />
or 4-amino-3,5-bis(2-pyridyl)-4H-1,2,4-triazole) (11) [73]. However, when<br />
strong π-deficient lig<strong>and</strong>s such as 1,4,5,8-tetraazaphenanthrene (TAP, 12)<br />
or 1,4,5,8,9,12-hexaazatriphenylene (HAT, 13) are used as N^N lig<strong>and</strong> [74],<br />
a definite switch in behavior is observed, with the presence <strong>of</strong> broad structureless<br />
77 K emissions that have a clear charge transfer character. Indeed, for<br />
this type <strong>of</strong> complexes, TD/DFT calculations show that the HOMO involves<br />
the metal <strong>and</strong> the cyclometalating lig<strong>and</strong>-carbon bonds, but the LUMO is now<br />
exclusively localized on the non-cyclometalating lig<strong>and</strong> (Fig. 3) [67]. Thus,<br />
in this case the emission is best considered as having a mixed LLCT/MLCT<br />
character.