Iridium(III) complexes with polypyridine ligands coordinated as N-heterocyclic carbenes. Synthesis, structure and photophysical properties.

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Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas, Departamento de Química Inorgánica, CSIC and Universidad de Sevilla, Avda. Américo Vespucio 49, Isla de la Cartuja, Sevilla, 41092, Spain.

Published: December 2012


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Unsaturated [Tp(Me2)Ir(III)] fragments, readily generated from compounds [Tp(Me2)Ir(C(6)H(5))(2)(N(2))], (1a) and [Tp(Me2)Ir(η(4)-CH(2)=C(Me)C(Me)=CH(2)] (1b) (Tp(Me2) = hydrotris(3,5-dimethylpyrazolyl)borate), induce the isomerisation of the polypyridines, 2,2'-bipyridine, 1,10-phenanthroline and 2,2':6'2''-terpyridine, to form complexes that contain the carbene tautomer of these ligands. For terpy, a binuclear compound has also been isolated, in which this molecule bridges two Ir(III) centres, thanks to its coordination as a bidentate N-heterocyclic carbene. The new compounds have been structurally authenticated by X-ray crystallography and their photophysical properties have been investigated.

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