Luminescent Zinc(II) Complexes of Fluorinated Benzothiazol-2-yl Substituted Phenoxide and Enolate Ligands
作者:Zhe Li、Ahmed Dellali、Jahangir Malik、Majid Motevalli、Roger M. Nix、Toyin Olukoya、Yu Peng、Huanqing Ye、William P. Gillin、Ignacio Hernández、Peter B. Wyatt
DOI:10.1021/ic302063u
日期:2013.2.4
Zn(II) complexes of the following new, fluorine-containing, benzothiazole-derived ligands have been synthesized and characterized crystallographically: 2-(3,3,3-trifluoro-2oxopropyl)benzothiazole (3), 4,5,6,7-tetrafluoro-2-(3,3,3-trifluoro-2-oxopropyl)benzothiazole (4), 4,5,6,7-tetrafluoro-2-(2hydroxyphenyl)benzothiazole (12), 2-(3,4,5,6-tetrafluoro-2-hydroxypheny1)-4,5,6,7-tetrafluorobenzothiazole (13), and 2(3,4,5,6-tetrafluoro-2-hydroxyphenyObenzothiazole (16); the Cu(II) complex of ligand 4 is also reported. These are analogs of the important photo- and electroluminescent material [Zn(BTZ)(2)](2), where H-BTZ = 2-(2-hydroxyphenyObenzothiazole. DFT calculations indicate that HOMO and LUMO energy levels in these materials are substantially lowered by fluorination. The fluorinated ZnL2 complexes are mononuclear (in contrast to the dinudear, nonfluorinated material [Zn(BTZ)(2)](2)). They easily sublime and show broad visible photoluminescence. A common crystallographic feature is the existence of pairs of fluorinated ZnL2 molecules related by inversion centers, with their pi systems facing one another.