Cyclometallated complexes luminescence

The terdentate cyclometalated complexes [Ir(L)(L )]2+ and [Ir(L )2]1, L = 2,6-bis(7 -methyl-4 -phenyl-2 -quinoyl)pyridine (233), L = monoanion of L (234), luminesce at 77 K in MeOH/EtOH (lmax = 592 nm, r =20 ps) and at room temperature in deoxygenated acetonitrile (imax 620 nm, r = 325 ns).405 Both compounds undergo four reversible, ligand-centered, one-electron reduction processes. 

The versatility of the quinolyl derivative (295) is exemplified in the complex [Ru(295-A,A )(295-A,A, A")C1]. The coordination behavior of (295) has been compared with those of (296) and (297) and factors influencing didentate vs. tridentate preferences have been examined. Perchlorate salts of [Ru(tpy)L)] " and [RUL2] where L = (298)-(300) have been synthesized and characterized, and their properties compared with those of [Ru(tpy)2] ". Complexation of Ru with 2,6-bis(4 -phenyl-2 -quinolyl)pyridine (L) affords [RUL2] , spectrosccmic properties of which have been discussed. " The bis(7 -methyl)-derivative of this ligand, L, has also been prepared and incorporated into the complexes [M(L )2f, [ (L CIs] (M = Ru, Os), and [Ru(L )(tppz)] + where tppz = 2,3,5,6-tetra(2 -pyridyl)pyrazine. Related cyclometallated complexes have also been studied. All the complexes luminesce at 77 K and [M(L )2] (M = Ru or Os), [Ru(L )(L )] , and two of the cyclometallated species are luminescent at room... 

Cyclobutanones, Solution Phase Photochemistry of (Morton and Turro). Cyclometallated Complexes, Photochemistry and Luminescence of (Maestri, Balzani, Deuschel-Cornioley, and von Zelewsky). 

Abstract Mononuclear Ir(III)-polyimine complexes show outstanding luminescence properties, i.e., high intensities, lifetimes in the is time range, and emission wavelengths that can be tuned so as to cover a full range of visible colors, from blue to red. We discuss the approaches for the use of ligands that afford control on luminescence features. Emphasis is placed on subfamilies of cyclometalated complexes, whose recent enormous expansion is motivated by their potential for applications, including that as phosphorescent dopants in OLEDs fabrication. The interplay of the different excited states associated... 

From this diagram, one may notice that ca. 90% of the known luminescent Ir(III) complexes, mostly from cyclometalating ligands, have been reported in the last 6 years. One relevant reason for this trend is related to the use of the cyclometalated complexes for OLED fabrication [9-12], with those of Ir(III) exhibiting relevant advantages with respect to complexes from other metals [13]. 

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