Soluble Phosphorescent Iridium(III) Complexes from Cinchonine-Derived Ligands
摘要:
Cinchonine-derived complexes Ir(L2)(2)(acac) (3), Ir(L2)(2)(dbm) (4), [Ir(L1)(2)(bipy)] [PF6] (5), [Ir(L1)(2)(phen)] [PF6] (6), [Ir(L1)(2)(dppe)] [PF6] (7), [Ir(L2)(2)(bipy)][PF6] (8), [Ir(L2)(2)(phen)][PF6] (9), and [Ir(L2)2(dppe)][PF6] (10) (L1 = 2'-phenyl-9-O-benzyl-10,11-dihydrocinchonine-N,C; L2 = 2'-(2,4-difluorophenyl)-9-O-benzyl-10,11-dihydrocinchonine-N,C; acac = acetylacetonate; dbm = dibenzoylmethane; bipy = 2,2'-bipyridine; phen = 1,10-phenanthroline; dppe = (Z)-1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethene) are highly soluble in common organic solvents and phosphoresce with emission wavelengths from orange to green (583-529 nm) and internal quantum efficiencies from 4 to 24%. The emission is blue-shifted for the neutral auxiliary ligands and/or by incorporation of fluorine into the alkaloid-based chromophore. An unprecedented regiospecific monohydrodefluorination of L2, giving 2'-(4-fluorophenyl)-9-O-benzyl-10,11-dihydrocinchonine (L2'), occurred during the synthesis of 3 and 4.
Phosphorescent Emitters from Natural Products: Cinchonine-Derived Iridium(III) Complexes
摘要:
The natural product cinchonine is readily converted into novel cyclometalating and coordinating ligands that can be used to prepare phosphorescent Ir(III) complexes. These phosphorescent emitters are very soluble in organic solvents and exhibit relatively high quantum efficiencies.