7-Azaindole metal complexes

Blue luminescence of zinc complexes of pyridyl-containing complexes is an area of current interest.277 Design of blue luminescent materials is of relevance to display applications, as blue-light-emitting diodes, and to this end Che examined solution luminescence of zinc pyridylamine complexes.73,278 Che and co-workers studied the complex Zn40(7-azaindoyl)6 which has a blue emission at 433 nm in the solid state.279,280 In an attempt to improve on stability Wang et al. examined compounds with neutral 7-azaindole and an A-functionalized pyridyl derivative.281 In contrast with other metal complexes of the neutral 7-azaindole (32), Zn(7-azaindole)2(OAc)2 is a blue luminescent compound and a A-(2-pyridyl) 2-azaindole (33) and its complexes were also... 

Owen GR, Tsoureas N, Hope RF, Kuo Y-Y, Haddow MF. Synthesis and characterisation of group nine transition metal complexes containing new mesityl and naphthyl based azaindole scorpionate ligands. Dalton Trans. 2011 40 5906-5915. 

In a similar vein, tris-aluminium complexes have been reported in which related 2-methyl- and 2-phenyl-substituted azaindoles use their two N-centres to bridge two Group 13 metal centres. In either case the oxide itself adopts a trigonal planar geometry (angles sum to 360.0° and 359.7°, respectively) with... 

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