Phosphorescent copper(I) complexes bearing 2-(2-benzimidazolyl)-6-methylpyridine and phosphine mixed ligands
摘要:
Two 2-(2-benzimidazolyl)-6-methylpyridine (Hbmp) copper(I) complexes bearing PPh3 and 1,4-bis(diphenylphosphino)butane (dppb), namely, [Cu(Hbmp)(PPh3)(2)](ClO4) (1) and [Cu(Hbmp)(dppb)](ClO4) (2), have been synthesized. X-ray diffraction analysis reveals that the most significant influence of the phosphine ligands on the structures is on the P-Cu-P bond angle. Both two Cu(I) complexes exhibit a weak low-energy absorption at 360-450 nm, ascribed to the Cu(I) to Hbmp metal-to-ligand charge-transfer (MLCT) transition, perhaps mixed with some ILCT character inside Hbmp. The room-temperature luminescences are observed for 1 and 2, both in solution and in the solid state, which originate from the MLCT excited states and vary markedly with the phosphine ligands. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.