Pyrazoles lanthanide complexes

Bardwell, D. A. Jeffery, J. C. Jones, P. L. McCleverty, J. A. Psillakis, E. Reeves, Z. R. Ward, M. D. Lanthanide complexes of the tetradentate N-donor ligand dihydrobis[3-(2-pyridyl)pyrazolyl]borate and the terdentate N-donor ligand 2,6-bis(lH-pyrazol-3-yl)pyridine syntheses, crystal structures and solution structures based on luminescence lifetime studies. J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. 1997, 2079-2086. 

The NIR emission intensity of the lanthanide porphyrinate complexes follows the trend Yb > Nd > Er. This agrees with observations on other luminescent lanthanide complexes and reflects the fact that the efficiency of nonradiative decay increases as the energy of the luminescent state decreases. The emission yields of the ternary lan-thanide(III) monoporphyrinate complexes with hydridotris(pyrazol-l-yl)borate or (cyclopen-tadienyl)tris(diethylphosphito)cobaltate as a co-ligand are generally higher than those of other Yb(III), Nd(III), and Er(III) complexes because the coordination environment provided by the porphyrinate in combination with the tripodal anion effectively shields the Ln + ion from interacting with solvent (C-H) vibrational modes that enhance the rate of nonradiative decay. 

The importance of the carboxylate donors is underlined by a study of the lanthanide coordination chemistry of the similar terdentate ligand 2,6 -bis( 1 -pyrazol-3 -yl)pyridine, L24 (63). The complex structure of [Tb(L24)3][PF6]3, shown in Fig. 11, appears to be fairly robust in methanolic solution, with Horrocks analysis (q = 0.6) suggesting the 9-coordinate structure is retained the small quenching effect of outer sphere coordination explains the q-value. However, in aqueous solution, the lability of the ligands dramatically changes the luminescence. Whilst the emission decays are not exactly single exponential, approximate lifetimes in H20 and DoO suggest a solvation value of 4-5. 

Table 15. Structurally characterized lanthanide pyrazole complexes...

Using hexadentate tris[3-(2-pyridyl)pyrazol-l-yl]hydroborate (34) or tetradentate bis[3-(2-pyridyl)pyrazol-l-yl]dihydroborate (35) as a ligand, Ward and coworkers reported the preparation, characterization, and photophysical properties of a series of binary or ternary complexes of lanthanide(III) complexes with dibenzoylmethane anions (dbm) or nitrate anion as a co-ligand [58-60]. Sizeable NIR emission was detected for these pyrazolylborate-derived complexes of Nd(III), Pr(III), Er(III), and Yb(III) ions. They gave longer lifetimes of lanthanide luminescence than those of aminocarboxylate complexes due to the lack of C-H oscillators in close proximity to the lanthanide(III) ions in the pyrazolylborate complexes compared with that in the aminocarboxylate species. 

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