摘要:
AbstractThe synthesis, electrochemical and optical spectroscopic properties of a RuII–diphenylphenanthroline complex decorated with ethynylpyrene (EP) appendages, 1, and those of its parent bromo‐substituted complex, 2, are reported; complex 1 is [Ru(dpp)2(phen–EP2)](PF6)2 and 2 is [Ru(dpp)2(phen–Br2)](PF6)2, where dpp is 4,7‐diphenyl‐1,10‐phenanthroline, phen–EP is 5,6‐(1‐ethynylpyrene)‐1,10‐phenanthroline and phen–Br2 is 5,6‐dibromo‐1,10‐phenanthroline. In CH3CN solvent, both bromo‐ and EP‐substituted complexes are redox active and metal‐centred and ligand‐centred processes are assigned with reference to the analogous steps for [Ru(phen)3]2+ and to steps for the EP appendages. The complexes exhibit strong absorption bands in the near‐UV and visible regions due to ligand‐centred (LC) and metal‐to‐ligand charge‐transfer (MLCT) transition, respectively. For 1, the lowest‐lying absorption band is slightly redshifted due to better delocalisation at the phen–EP ligand. At room temperature and in O2‐free solvent, complex 1 appeared to be practically nonluminescent, whereas 2 exhibited intense 3MLCT emission; quantum yields of fem = 9 × 10–4 and 6.1 × 10–2 were found for 1 and 2, respectively and λexc = 462 nm in both cases. The lowest‐lying excited states of 1 were assigned as 3LC states, which were localised on the EP moiety. These states are nonluminescent, which thus explains the weak room‐temperature luminescence for this complex. At 77 K, 2 is emissive, as expected for 3MLCT levels; however, a moderately intense 3MLCT emission was also observed for 1 at this temperature. For the latter case, this outcome is tentatively explained in terms of local trapping of 3MLCT states at the 4,7‐diphenylphenanthroline ligands free of EP appendages.(© Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2008)