Electrochemical, Linear Optical, and Nonlinear Optical Properties and Interpretation by Density Functional Theory Calculations of (4-N,N-Dimethylaminostyryl)-Pyridinium Pendant Group Associated with Polypyridinic Ligands and Respective Multifunctional Metal Complexes (RuII or ZnII)
摘要:
The synthesis, linear optical and nonlinear optical properties, as well as the electrochemical behavior of a series of proligands containing the 4-(4-N,N-dimethylaminostyryl)-1-methyl pyridinium (DASD(+)) group as a push-pull moiety covalently linked to terpyridine or bipyridine as chelating ligands are reported in this full paper. The corresponding multifunctional Ru-II and Zn-II complexes were prepared and investigated. The structural, electronic, and optical properties of the pro-ligands and the ruthenium complexes were investigated using density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent (TD) DFT calculations. A fairly good agreement was observed between the experimental and the calculated electronic spectra of the pro-ligands and their corresponding ruthenium complexes. A quenching of luminescence was evidenced in all ruthenium complexes compared with the free pro-ligands but even the terpyridine-functionalized metal complexes exhibited detectable luminescence at room temperature. Second order nonlinear optical (NLO) measurements were performed by Harmonic Light Scattering and the contribution of the DASP(+) moieties (and their relative ordering) and the metal-polypyridyl core need to be considered to explain the nonlinear optical properties of the metal complexes.