N,N′-Bis(pyridin-4-yl)formamidine (4-pyfH) was reacted with AuI and AgI metal salts to form a novel tetranuclear complex, tetrakis[μ-N,N′-bis(pyridin-4-yl)formamidinato]digold(I)disilver(I), [Ag2Au2(C11H9N4)2] or [Au
x
Ag4–x
(4-pyf)4] (x = 0–4), 1, which is supported by its metallophilicity. Due to the potential permutation of the coordinated metal ions, six different canonical structures of 1 can be obtained. Complex 1 shows an emission at 501 nm upon excitation at 375 nm in the solid state and an emission at 438 nm upon excitation at 304 nm when dispersed in methanol. Time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT) calculations confirmed that these emissions can be ascribed to metal-to-ligand charge transfer (MLCT) processes. Moreover, the calculations of the optimized structural conformations of the S0 ground state, and the S1 and T1 excited states are discussed and suggest a distorted planar conformation for the tetranuclear Au2Ag2 complex.
N,N′-双(
吡啶-4-基)
甲脒(4-pyfH)与 AuI 和 AgI
金属盐反应生成一种新型四核配合物,即四[μ-N,N′-双(
吡啶-4-基)
甲脒]二
金(I)二
银(I),[Ag2Au2(C11H9N4)2] 或 [Au
x
Ag4-x
(4-pyf)4](x = 0-4),1,其亲
金属性证明了这一点。由于配位
金属离子的潜在排列方式,可以得到 1 的六种不同的典型结构。络合物 1 在固态下于 375 纳米波长激发时会发出 501 纳米波长的光,而分散在
甲醇中时,于 304 纳米波长激发时会发出 438 纳米波长的光。与时间相关的密度泛函理论(TD-DFT)计算证实,这些发射可归因于
金属-
配体电荷转移(MLCT)过程。此外,还讨论了 S0 基态、S1 和 T1 激发态的优化结构构象,并提出了四核 Au2Ag2 复合物的扭曲平面构象。