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Song XF, Peng LY, Chen WK, Gao YJ, Cui G. Theoretical studies on thermally activated delayed fluorescence of "carbene-metal-amide" Cu and Au complexes: geometric structures, excitation characters, and mechanisms. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 25:29603-29613. [PMID: 37877743 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp03444e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2023]
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"Carbene-metal(I)-amide" (CMA) complexes have garnered significant attention due to their remarkable properties and potential TADF applications in organic electronics. However, the atomistic working mechanism is still elusive. Herein, we chose two CMA complexes, i.e., cyclic (alkyl)(amino) carbene-copper[gold](I)-carbazole (CAAC-Cu[Au]-Cz), and employed both DFT and TD-DFT methods, in combination with radiative and nonradiative rate calculations, to investigate geometric and electronic structures of these two complexes in the ground and excited states, including orbital compositions, electronic transitions, absorption and emission spectra, and the luminescence mechanism. It is found that the coplanar or perpendicular conformations are coexistent in the ground state (S0), the lowest excited singlet state (S1), and the triplet state (T1). Both the coplanar and perpendicular S1 and T1 states have similar ligand-to-ligand charge transfer (LLCT) character between CAAC and Cz, and some charge-transfer character between metal atoms and ligands, which is beneficial to minimize the singlet-triplet energy gaps (ΔEST) and increase the spin-orbit coupling (SOC). An interesting three-state (S0, S1, T1) model involving two regions (coplanar and perpendicular) is proposed to rationalize the experimental TADF phenomena in the CMA complexes. In addition to the coplanar ones, the perpendicular S1 and T1 states also play a role in promoting the repopulation of the coplanar S1 exciton, which is a primary source for the delayed fluorescence.
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- Xiu-Fang Song
- Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Photochemistry, Ministry of Education, Chemistry College, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, P. R. China.
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- Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Photochemistry, Ministry of Education, Chemistry College, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, P. R. China.
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- Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Photochemistry, Ministry of Education, Chemistry College, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, P. R. China.
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- Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Photochemistry, Ministry of Education, Chemistry College, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, P. R. China.
- Hefei National Laboratory, Hefei 230088, China
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Sathyanarayana A, Réveret F, Jouffret L, Boyer D, Chadeyron G, Cisnetti F. Polymeric copper(I)-NHC complexes with bulky bidentate (N^C) ligands: synthesis and solid-state luminescence. Dalton Trans 2023; 52:13677-13688. [PMID: 37702997 DOI: 10.1039/d3dt01669b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/14/2023]
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Starting from imidazolium chlorides bearing bulky nitrogen donors, a series of four complexes, mainly [Cu(C^N)Cl]n coordination polymers were obtained directly as luminescent species by simple filtration from the aqueous reaction medium, highlighting a simple, eco-friendly, robust and reproducible synthetic procedure. Additionally, we have shown on the most efficient example that chloride could be exchanged very easily by other halides/pseudohalides (Br-, I-, NCS-, N3-) allowing to slightly modulate the emitted colour while conserving the polymeric structure, except for azide for which a dimer was obtained. The combination of chemical analyses, of photoluminescence studies in the solid state including quantum yield measurement and X-ray diffraction on single crystals and as-synthesized microcrystalline powders highlighted that the polymeric luminescent species was indeed obtained directly by simple filtration and that no major alteration of the structure was observed upon recrystallisation. Samples of all polymeric complexes displayed remarkable stability towards air oxidation remaining unchanged upon storage for several months and partially retaining their photoluminescence properties even after a thermal treatment at 100 °C for 24 h.
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- Arruri Sathyanarayana
- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, Clermont Auvergne INP, ICCF, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France.
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, Clermont Auvergne INP, ICCF, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France.
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, Clermont Auvergne INP, ICCF, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France.
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, Clermont Auvergne INP, ICCF, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France.
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, Clermont Auvergne INP, ICCF, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France.
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, Clermont Auvergne INP, ICCF, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France.
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Belyakov AV, Altova EP, Rykov AN, Sharanov PY, Shishkov IF, Romanov AS. The Equilibrium Molecular Structure of Cyclic (Alkyl)(Amino) Carbene Copper(I) Chloride via Gas-Phase Electron Diffraction and Quantum Chemical Calculations. Molecules 2023; 28:6897. [PMID: 37836740 PMCID: PMC10574683 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28196897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2023] [Revised: 09/24/2023] [Accepted: 09/29/2023] [Indexed: 10/15/2023] Open
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Copper-centered carbene-metal-halides (CMHs) with cyclic (alkyl)(amino) carbenes (CAACs) are bright phosphorescent emitters and key precursors in the synthesis of the highly promising class of the materials carbene-metal-amides (CMAs) operating via thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF). Aiming to reveal the molecular geometry for CMH phosphors in the absence of the intermolecular contacts, we report here the equilibrium molecular structure of the (CAAC)Cu(I)Cl (1) molecule in the gas-phase. We demonstrate that linear geometry around a copper atom shows no distortions in the ground state. The structure of complex 1 has been determined using the electron diffraction method, supported by quantum chemical calculations with RI-MP2/def2-QZVPP level of theory and compared with the crystal structure determined by X-ray diffraction analysis. Mean vibrational amplitudes, uij,h1, and anharmonic vibrational corrections (rij,e • rij,a) were calculated for experimental temperature T = 20 °C, using quadratic and cubic force constants, respectively. The quantum theory of atoms in molecules (QTAIM) and natural bond order (NBO) analysis of wave function at MN15/def2TZVP level of theory revealed two Cu…H, three H…H, and one three-center H…H…H bond paths with bond critical points. NBO analysis also revealed three-center, four-electron hyperbonds, (3c4e), [π(N-C) nπ(Cu) ↔ nπ(N) π(N-Cu)], or [N-C: Cu ↔ N: C-Cu] and nπ(Cu) → π(C-N)* hyperconjugation, that is the delocalization of the lone electron pair of Cu atom into the antibonding orbital of C-N bond.
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- Department of Chemistry, Moscow State University, 119992 Moscow, Russia; (E.P.A.); (P.Y.S.)
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- Department of Chemistry, Moscow State University, 119992 Moscow, Russia; (E.P.A.); (P.Y.S.)
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- Department of Chemistry, Moscow State University, 119992 Moscow, Russia; (E.P.A.); (P.Y.S.)
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- Department of Chemistry, Moscow State University, 119992 Moscow, Russia; (E.P.A.); (P.Y.S.)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Rd., Manchester M13 9PL, UK
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Muthig AMT, Wieland J, Lenczyk C, Koop S, Tessarolo J, Clever GH, Hupp B, Steffen A. Towards Fast Circularly Polarized Luminescence in 2-Coordinate Chiral Mechanochromic Copper(I) Carbene Complexes. Chemistry 2023; 29:e202300946. [PMID: 37272620 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202300946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2023] [Revised: 05/15/2023] [Accepted: 06/02/2023] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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A series of chiral mechanochromic copper(I) cAAC (cAAC=cyclic (alkyl)(amino)carbene) complexes with a variety of amide ligands have been studied with regard to their photophysical and chiroptical properties to elucidate structure-property relationships for the design of efficient triplet exciton emitters exhibiting circularly polarized luminescence. Depending on the environment, which determines the excited state energies, either thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) from 1/3 LLCT states or phosphorescence from 3 LLCT/LC states occurs. However, neither chiral moieties at the carbene nor at the carbazolate ligands provide detectable luminescence dissymmetries glum . An exception is [Cu(phenoxazinyl)(cAAC)], showing orange to deep red TADF with λmax =601-715 nm in solution, powders and in PMMA. In this case, the amide ligand can undergo distortions in the excited state. This design motif leads to the first linear, non-aggregated CPL-active copper(I) complex with glum of -3.4 ⋅ 10-3 combined with a high radiative rate constant of 6.7 ⋅ 105 s-1 .
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- André M T Muthig
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, TU Dortmund University, Otto-Hahn-Str. 6, 44227, Dortmund, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, TU Dortmund University, Otto-Hahn-Str. 6, 44227, Dortmund, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, TU Dortmund University, Otto-Hahn-Str. 6, 44227, Dortmund, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, TU Dortmund University, Otto-Hahn-Str. 6, 44227, Dortmund, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, TU Dortmund University, Otto-Hahn-Str. 6, 44227, Dortmund, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, TU Dortmund University, Otto-Hahn-Str. 6, 44227, Dortmund, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, TU Dortmund University, Otto-Hahn-Str. 6, 44227, Dortmund, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, TU Dortmund University, Otto-Hahn-Str. 6, 44227, Dortmund, Germany
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Yan M, Lu W, Zhang B, Liu C, Zi X, Zhang J, Qi C, Liu M, Du C. Mononuclear copper(Ⅰ) complexes with mechanochromic thermally activated delayed fluorescence behaviour based on switchable hydrogen bonds. Polyhedron 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2023.116391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/03/2023]
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Muthig AMT, Mrózek O, Ferschke T, Rödel M, Ewald B, Kuhnt J, Lenczyk C, Pflaum J, Steffen A. Mechano-Stimulus and Environment-Dependent Circularly Polarized TADF in Chiral Copper(I) Complexes and Their Application in OLEDs. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:4438-4449. [PMID: 36795037 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c09458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/17/2023]
Abstract
Molecular emitters that combine circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) and high radiative rate constants of the triplet exciton decay are highly attractive for electroluminescent devices (OLEDs) or next-generation photonic applications, such as spintronics, quantum computing, cryptography, or sensors. However, the design of such emitters is a major challenge because the criteria for enhancing these two properties are mutually exclusive. In this contribution, we show that enantiomerically pure {Cu(CbzR)[(S/R)-BINAP]} [R = H (1), 3,6-tBu (2)] are efficient thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) emitters with high radiative rate constants of kTADF up to 3.1 × 105 s-1 from 1/3LLCT states according to our temperature-dependent time-resolved luminescence studies. The efficiency of the TADF process and emission wavelengths are highly sensitive to environmental hydrogen bonding of the ligands, which can be disrupted by grinding of the crystalline materials. The origin of this pronounced mechano-stimulus photophysical behavior is a thermal equilibrium between the 1/3LLCT states and a 3LC state of the BINAP ligand, which depends on the relative energetic order of the excited states and is prone to inter-ligand C-H···π interactions. The copper(I) complexes are also efficient CPL emitters displaying exceptional dissymmetry values glum of up to ±0.6 × 10-2 in THF solution and ±2.1 × 10-2 in the solid state. Importantly for application in electroluminescence devices, the C-H···π interactions can also be disrupted by employing sterically bulky matrices. Accordingly, we have investigated various matrix materials for successful implementation of the chiral copper(I) TADF emitters in proof-of-concept CP-OLEDs.
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- André Martin Thomas Muthig
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, TU Dortmund University, Otto-Hahn-Str. 6, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, TU Dortmund University, Otto-Hahn-Str. 6, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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- Experimental Physics VI, Julius-Maximilian University, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Experimental Physics VI, Julius-Maximilian University, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Experimental Physics VI, Julius-Maximilian University, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, TU Dortmund University, Otto-Hahn-Str. 6, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, TU Dortmund University, Otto-Hahn-Str. 6, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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- Experimental Physics VI, Julius-Maximilian University, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, TU Dortmund University, Otto-Hahn-Str. 6, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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Zheng H, Zhang R, Wu X, Zhang Q, Wu Z, Wong WPD, Chen J, Xu QH, Loh KP. Strain-Driven Solid-Solid Crystal Conversion in Chiral Hybrid Pseudo-Perovskites with Paramagnetic-to-Ferromagnetic Transition. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:3569-3576. [PMID: 36727858 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c12525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites (HOIPs) are promising stimuli-responsive materials (SPMs) owing to their molecular softness and tailorable structural dimensionality. The design of mechanically responsive HOIPs requires an in-depth understanding of how lattice strain induces intermolecular rearrangement that impacts physical properties. While chirality transfer from an organic cation to an inorganic lattice is known to influence chiral-optical properties, its effect on strain-induced phase conversion has not been explored. As opposed to achiral or racemic organic cations, chiral organic cations can potentially afford a new dimension in strain-responsive structural change. Herein, we demonstrate that mechanical strain induces a solid phase crystal conversion in chiral halide pseudo-perovskite single crystals (R/S)-(FE)2CuCl4 (FE = (4-Fluorophenyl)ethylamine) from a 0D isolated CuCl4 tetrahedral to 1D corner-sharing CuFCl5 octahedral framework via the incorporation of Cu···F interaction and N-H···F hydrogen bonding. This strain-induced crystal-to-crystal conversion involves the connection of neighboring 0D CuCl4 tetrahedra via Cu2+-Cl--Cu2+ linkages as well as the incorporation of a F-terminated organic cation as one of the X atoms in BX6 octahedra, leading to a reduced band gap and paramagnetic-to-ferromagnetic conversion. Control experiments using nonchiral or racemic perovskite analogs show the absence of such solid phase conversion. To demonstrate pressure-sensitive properties, the 0D phase is dispersed in water-soluble poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) polymer, which can be applied to a large-scale pressure-induced array display on fibrous Spandex substrates via a screen-printing method.
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- Haining Zheng
- Joint School of National University of Singapore and Tianjin University, International Campus of Tianjin University, Binhai New City, Fuzhou 350207, China.,Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543, Singapore
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- Joint School of National University of Singapore and Tianjin University, International Campus of Tianjin University, Binhai New City, Fuzhou 350207, China.,Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543, Singapore
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117575, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543, Singapore
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117575, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543, Singapore
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- Joint School of National University of Singapore and Tianjin University, International Campus of Tianjin University, Binhai New City, Fuzhou 350207, China.,Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543, Singapore
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Amouri H. Luminescent Complexes of Platinum, Iridium, and Coinage Metals Containing N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands: Design, Structural Diversity, and Photophysical Properties. Chem Rev 2023; 123:230-270. [PMID: 36315851 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.2c00206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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The employment of N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) to design luminescent metal compounds has been the focus of recent intense investigations because of the strong σ-donor properties, which bring stability to the whole system and tend to push the d-d dark states so high in energy that they are rendered thermally inaccessible, thereby generating highly emissive complexes for useful applications such as organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), or featuring chiroptical properties, a field that is still in its infancy. Among the NHC complexes, those containing organic chromophores such as naphthalimide, pyrene, and carbazole exhibit rich emission behavior and thus have attracted extensive interest in the past five years, especially carbene coinage metal complexes with carbazolate ligands. In this review, the design strategies of NHC-based luminescent platinum and iridium complexes with large spin-orbit-coupling (SOC) are described first. Subsequent paragraphs illustrate the recent advances of luminescent coinage metal complexes with nucleophilic- and electrophilic-based carbenes based on silver, gold, and copper metal complexes that have the ability to display rich excited state emissions in particular via thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF). The luminescence mechanism and excited state dynamics are also described. We then summarize the advance of NHC-metal complexes in the aforementioned fields in recent years. Finally, we propose the development trend of this fast-growing field of luminescent NHC-metal complexes.
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- Hani Amouri
- CNRS, IPCM (UMR 8232), Sorbonne Université-Faculté des Sciences et Ingénerie Campus Pierre et Marie Curie, 4 Place Jussieu, 75252 Paris, Cedex 05, France
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Tran BL, Erickson JD, Speelman AL, Bullock RM. Mechanistic Studies of Carbonyl Allylation Mediated by (NHC)CuH: Isoprene Insertion, Allylation, and β-Hydride Elimination. Inorg Chem 2023; 62:342-352. [PMID: 36525336 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c03402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The ability of Cu-H complexes to undergo selective insertion of unsaturated hydrocarbons under mild conditions has rendered them valuable, versatile catalysts. The direct formation of Cu allyl intermediates from unfunctionalized 1,3-dienes and transient Cu hydrides is an appealing strategy for upgrading conjugated diene feedstocks. However, empirical mechanistic studies of the underlying elementary steps and characterization of key intermediates in Cu-H catalysis are sparse. Using [(NHC)CuH]2 (NHC = N-heterocyclic carbene), we examined the steric effects of NHC ligands on two key elementary steps of CuH-catalyzed carbonyl allylation: the insertion of a diene into the Cu-H bond to produce a Cu-allyl complex, and the formation of C-C bonds from stoichiometric allylations of ketones and aldehydes. The resulting allyl and homoallylic alkoxide complexes have been characterized by NMR spectroscopy and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Employing isolable (NHC)Cu-allyl complexes, we further evaluated the roles of the ligand size, electronic properties of carbonyl substrates, coordinating groups within the substrate, and solvent on the regioselectivity, diastereoselectivity, and relative rate of the C-C bond formation step. In contrast to the clean allylation of ketones, allylation of aldehydes provided a rare example of a formal β-hydride elimination reaction from a secondary homoallylic alkoxide species. Mechanistic studies of key elementary steps provide insights for a range of catalytic reactions of dienes mediated by hydride complexes.
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- Ba L Tran
- Institute for Integrated Catalysis, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- Institute for Integrated Catalysis, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- Institute for Integrated Catalysis, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- Institute for Integrated Catalysis, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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Abstract
Photocatalyzed and photosensitized chemical processes have seen growing interest recently and have become among the most active areas of chemical research, notably due to their applications in fields such as medicine, chemical synthesis, material science or environmental chemistry. Among all homogeneous catalytic systems reported to date, photoactive copper(I) complexes have been shown to be especially attractive, not only as alternative to noble metal complexes, and have been extensively studied and utilized recently. They are at the core of this review article which is divided into two main sections. The first one focuses on an exhaustive and comprehensive overview of the structural, photophysical and electrochemical properties of mononuclear copper(I) complexes, typical examples highlighting the most critical structural parameters and their impact on the properties being presented to enlighten future design of photoactive copper(I) complexes. The second section is devoted to their main areas of application (photoredox catalysis of organic reactions and polymerization, hydrogen production, photoreduction of carbon dioxide and dye-sensitized solar cells), illustrating their progression from early systems to the current state-of-the-art and showcasing how some limitations of photoactive copper(I) complexes can be overcome with their high versatility.
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- Jérôme Beaudelot
- Laboratoire de Chimie Organique, Service de Chimie et PhysicoChimie Organiques, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Avenue F. D. Roosevelt 50 - CP160/06, 1050Brussels, Belgium.,Laboratoire de Chimie Organique et Photochimie, Service de Chimie et PhysicoChimie Organiques, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Avenue F. D. Roosevelt 50 - CP160/08, 1050Brussels, Belgium
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Organique, Service de Chimie et PhysicoChimie Organiques, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Avenue F. D. Roosevelt 50 - CP160/06, 1050Brussels, Belgium
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Organique, Service de Chimie et PhysicoChimie Organiques, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Avenue F. D. Roosevelt 50 - CP160/06, 1050Brussels, Belgium.,Organic Synthesis Division, Department of Chemistry, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, 2020Antwerp, Belgium
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Organique et Photochimie, Service de Chimie et PhysicoChimie Organiques, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Avenue F. D. Roosevelt 50 - CP160/08, 1050Brussels, Belgium
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Organique et Photochimie, Service de Chimie et PhysicoChimie Organiques, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Avenue F. D. Roosevelt 50 - CP160/08, 1050Brussels, Belgium.,Laboratoire de Chimie des Matériaux Nouveaux, Université de Mons, Place du Parc 20, 7000Mons, Belgium
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Organique et Photochimie, Service de Chimie et PhysicoChimie Organiques, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Avenue F. D. Roosevelt 50 - CP160/08, 1050Brussels, Belgium
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Organique, Service de Chimie et PhysicoChimie Organiques, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Avenue F. D. Roosevelt 50 - CP160/06, 1050Brussels, Belgium
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Muthig AMT, Wieland J, Koop S, Lenczyk C, Kerner F, Hupp B, Steffen A. Synthesis and Photophysical Studies of Copper(I) CAAC Half-Sandwich Complexes as a Highly Modifiable Class of Emitters. Inorg Chem 2022; 61:17427-17437. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c02073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- André M. T. Muthig
- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, TU Dortmund University, Otto-Hahn-Str. 6, 44227Dortmund, Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, TU Dortmund University, Otto-Hahn-Str. 6, 44227Dortmund, Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, TU Dortmund University, Otto-Hahn-Str. 6, 44227Dortmund, Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, TU Dortmund University, Otto-Hahn-Str. 6, 44227Dortmund, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074Würzburg, Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, TU Dortmund University, Otto-Hahn-Str. 6, 44227Dortmund, Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, TU Dortmund University, Otto-Hahn-Str. 6, 44227Dortmund, Germany
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Poland EM, Ho CC. Photoactive N‐Heterocyclic Carbene Transition Metal Complexes in Bond‐Forming Photocatalysis: State‐of‐the‐Art and Opportunities. Appl Organomet Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/aoc.6746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Eve M. Poland
- School of Natural Sciences – Chemistry University of Tasmania Hobart Tasmania Australia
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- School of Natural Sciences – Chemistry University of Tasmania Hobart Tasmania Australia
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Housecroft CE, Constable EC. TADF: Enabling luminescent copper(i) coordination compounds for light-emitting electrochemical cells. J Mater Chem C Mater 2022; 10:4456-4482. [PMID: 35433007 PMCID: PMC8944257 DOI: 10.1039/d1tc04028f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2021] [Accepted: 10/11/2021] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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The last decade has seen a surge of interest in the emissive behaviour of copper(i) coordination compounds, both neutral compounds that may have applications in organic light-emitting doides (OLEDs) and copper-based ionic transition metal complexes (Cu-iTMCs) with potential use in light-emitting electrochemical cells (LECs). One of the most exciting features of copper(i) coordination compounds is their possibility to exhibit thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) in which the energy separation of the excited singlet (S1) and excited triplet (T1) states is very small, permitting intersystem crossing (ISC) and reverse intersystem crossing (RISC) to occur at room temperature without the requirement for the large spin-orbit coupling inferred by the presence of a heavy metal such as iridium. In this review, we focus mainly in Cu-iTMCs, and illustrate how the field of luminescent compounds and those exhibiting TADF has developed. Copper(i) coordination compounds that class as Cu-iTMCs include those containing four-coordinate [Cu(P^P)(N^N)]+ (P^P = large-bite angle bisphosphane, and N^N is typically a diimine), [Cu(P)2(N^N)]+ (P = monodentate phosphane ligand), [Cu(P)(tripodal-N3)]+, [Cu(P)(N^N)(N)]+ (N = monodentate N-donor ligand), [Cu(P^P)(N^S)]+ (N^S = chelating N,S-donor ligand), [Cu(P^P)(P^S)]+ (P^S = chelating P,S-donor ligand), [Cu(P^P)(NHC)]+ (NHC = N-heterocyclic carbene) coordination domains, dinuclear complexes with P^P and N^N ligands, three-coordinate [Cu(N^N)(NHC)]+ and two-coordinate [Cu(N)(NHC)]+ complexes. We pay particular attention to solid-state structural features, e.g. π-stacking interactions and other inter-ligand interactions, which may impact on photoluminescence quantum yields. Where emissive Cu-iTMCs have been tested in LECs, we detail the device architectures, and this emphasizes differences which make it difficult to compare LEC performances from different investigations.
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- Catherine E Housecroft
- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel Mattenstrasse 24a, BPR 1096 4058-Basel Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel Mattenstrasse 24a, BPR 1096 4058-Basel Switzerland
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Wang XY, Lv L, Sun L, Hou Y, Hou Z, Chen Z. Recent Advances in Mechanochromism of Metal-Organic Compounds. Front Chem 2022; 10:865198. [PMID: 35308787 PMCID: PMC8931262 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2022.865198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2022] [Accepted: 02/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Smart luminescent materials, which can respond to the changing of external environment (light, electricity, force, temperature, etc.), have always been one of the research hotspots. Mechanochromism refers to the materials whose emission color or intensity can be altered under the stimulation of external mechanical force. This kind of smart materials have been widely used in data storage, information encryption and sensors due to its simple operation, obvious and rapid response. The introduction of metal atoms in metal-organic compounds brings about fascinating metalophilic interactions and results in more interesting and surprising mechanochromic behaviors. In this mini-review, recent advances in mechanochromism of metal-organic compounds, including mono-, di-, multinuclear metal-organic complexes and metallic clusters are summarized. Varies mechanisms are discussed and some design strategies for metal-organic compounds with mechanochromism are also presented.
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- Xiao-Yan Wang
- College of Chemical Engineering, Shijiazhuang University, Shijiazhuang, China
- *Correspondence: Xiao-Yan Wang, ; Zhao Chen,
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Shijiazhuang University, Shijiazhuang, China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Shijiazhuang University, Shijiazhuang, China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Shijiazhuang University, Shijiazhuang, China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Shijiazhuang University, Shijiazhuang, China
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- Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University, Nanchang, China
- *Correspondence: Xiao-Yan Wang, ; Zhao Chen,
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Lv J, Li Q, Wang J, Xu S, Zhao F, He H, Wang Y. Orange-red emissive Cu(I) complexes bearing Schiff base ligands: Synthesis, structures, and photophysical properties. J Mol Struct 2022; 1252:132180. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2021.132180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Song XF, Li ZW, Chen WK, Gao YJ, Cui G. Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Mechanism of a Bicyclic "Carbene-Metal-Amide" Copper Compound: DFT/MRCI Studies and Roles of Excited-State Structure Relaxation. Inorg Chem 2022; 61:7673-7681. [PMID: 35200011 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c03603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Herein we investigated the luminescence mechanism of one "carbene-metal-amide" copper compound with thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) using density functional theory (DFT)/multireference configuration interaction, DFT, and time-dependent DFT methods with the polarizable continuum model. The experimentally observed low-energy absorption and emission peaks are assigned to the S1 state, which exhibits clear interligand and partial ligand-to-metal charge-transfer character. Moreover, it was found that a three-state (S0, S1, and T1) model is sufficient to describe the TADF mechanism, and the T2 state should play a negligible role. The calculated S1-T1 energy gap of 0.10 eV and proper spin-orbit couplings facilitate the reverse intersystem crossing (rISC) from T1 to S1. At 298 K, the rISC rate of T1 → S1 (∼106 s-1) is more than 3 orders of magnitude larger than the T1 phosphorescence rate (∼103 s-1), thereby enabling TADF. However, it disappears at 77 K because of a very slow rISC rate (∼101 s-1). The calculated TADF rate, lifetime, and quantum yield agree very well with the experimental data. Methodologically, the present work shows that only considering excited-state information at the Franck-Condon point is insufficient for certain emitting systems and including excited-state structure relaxation is important.
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- Xiu-Fang Song
- Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Photochemistry, Ministry of Education, Chemistry College, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Photochemistry, Ministry of Education, Chemistry College, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Photochemistry, Ministry of Education, Chemistry College, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Photochemistry, Ministry of Education, Chemistry College, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Photochemistry, Ministry of Education, Chemistry College, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, P. R. China
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Yu P, Peng D, He LH, Chen JL, Wang JY, Liu SJ, Wen HR. A Mechanochromic and Vapochromic Luminescent Cuprous Complex Based on a Switchable Intramolecular π···π Interaction. Inorg Chem 2021; 61:254-264. [PMID: 34951312 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c02807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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An in-depth study on a stimuli-responsive tetranuclear cuprous luminescent complex is reported and gives new insights into the origin and possible use of the observed stimuli-responsive luminescence. Its crystalline polymorphs with two different shapes are obtained by using different crystallization solvents and show distinct emissions, with one being blue emissive and the other being yellow emissive. Upon grinding, only the blue-emitting polymorph has a marked change in the emission color from blue to yellow, and its ground sample exhibits a yellow emission similar to that of the yellow-emitting polymorph. Interestingly, the yellow-emitting polymorph after exposure to acetone vapor can emit a blue emission and display luminescence mechanochromism similar to that of the blue-emitting polymorph. Single-crystal structural analyses of the two different polymorphs reveal the relationship between the mechanochromic luminescence and the geometrical configuration of the {Cu(μ-dppm)2Cu} unit and intramolecular "pyridyl/phenyl" π···π interactions, supported as well by their PXRD, FT-IR, TGA, and PL studies in various states and by TD-DFT analyses. The results demonstrate the different roles of switchable intramolecular π···π interactions and the geometrical configuration of the {Cu(μ-dppm)2Cu} unit in this stimuli-responsive luminescence and potential applications of such stimuli-responsive luminescence in optical sensing and anticounterfeiting encryption technologies and deepen the understanding of such stimuli-responsive luminescence originating from switchable intramolecular π···π interactions. In addition, it is clearly suggested that the rational utilization of switchable intramolecular π···π interactions is a feasible route for developing stimuli-responsive intelligent luminescent materials and devices.
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- Ping Yu
- Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Materials Chemistry, Department of Materials, Metallurgy and Chemistry, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, Ganzhou 341000, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Materials Chemistry, Department of Materials, Metallurgy and Chemistry, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, Ganzhou 341000, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Materials Chemistry, Department of Materials, Metallurgy and Chemistry, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, Ganzhou 341000, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Materials Chemistry, Department of Materials, Metallurgy and Chemistry, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, Ganzhou 341000, People's Republic of China.,State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou 350002, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou 350002, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Materials Chemistry, Department of Materials, Metallurgy and Chemistry, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, Ganzhou 341000, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Materials Chemistry, Department of Materials, Metallurgy and Chemistry, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, Ganzhou 341000, People's Republic of China
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Hölzel T, Belyaev A, Terzi M, Stenzel L, Gernert M, Marian CM, Steffen A, Ganter C. Linear Carbene Pyridine Copper Complexes with Sterically Demanding N, N'-Bis(trityl)imidazolylidene: Syntheses, Molecular Structures, and Photophysical Properties. Inorg Chem 2021; 60:18529-18543. [PMID: 34793149 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c03082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The sterically demanding carbene ITr (N,N'-bis(triphenylmethyl)imidazolylidene) was used as a ligand for the preparation of luminescent copper(I) complexes of the type [(ITr)Cu(R-pyridine/R'-quinoline)]BF4 (R = H, 4-CN, 4-CHO, 2,6-NH2, and R' = 8-Cl, 6-Me). The selective formation of linear, bis(coordinated) complexes was observed for a series of pyridine and quinoline derivatives. Only in the case of 4-cyanopyridine a one-dimensional coordination polymer was formed, in which the cyano group of the cyanopyridine ligand additionally binds to another Cu atom in a bridging manner, thus leading to a trigonal planar coordination environment. In contrast, employing sterically less demanding monotrityl-substituted carbene 3, no (NHC)Cu-pyridine complexes could be prepared. Instead, a bis-carbene complex [(3)2Cu]PF6 was obtained which showed no luminescence. All linear pyridine/quinoline coordinated complexes show weak emission in solution but intense blue to orange luminescence doped with 10% in PMMA films and in the solid state either from triplet excited states with unusually long lifetimes of up to 4.8 ms or via TADF with high radiative rate constants of up to 1.7 × 105 s-1 at room temperature. Combined density functional theory and multireference configuration interaction calculations have been performed to rationalize the involved photophysics of these complexes. They reveal a high density of low-lying electronic states with mixed MLCT, LLCT, and LC character where the electronic structures of the absorbing and emitting state are not necessarily identical.
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- Torsten Hölzel
- Institut für Anorganische Chemie und Strukturchemie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstraße 1, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Fakultät für Chemie und Chemische Biologie, TU Dortmund, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 6, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie und Strukturchemie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstraße 1, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie und Strukturchemie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstraße 1, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Fakultät für Chemie und Chemische Biologie, TU Dortmund, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 6, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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- Institut für Theoretische Chemie und Computerchemie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstraße 1, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Fakultät für Chemie und Chemische Biologie, TU Dortmund, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 6, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie und Strukturchemie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstraße 1, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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Mechanochromic luminescent materials displaying switchable luminescence properties in response to external mechanical force are currently attracting wide interest because of their multiple potential applications. In the growing number of mechanochromic luminescent compounds, mechanochromic complexes based on copper present appealing features with a large variety of mechanochromic properties and economical advantages over other metals. Among Cu-based compounds, molecular copper iodide clusters of cubane geometry with formula [Cu4I4L4] (L = organic ligand) stand out. Indeed, they can exhibit multiple luminescent stimuli-responsive properties, being particularly suitable for the development of multifunctional photoactive systems. This perspective describes the survey of these mechanochromic luminescent cubane copper iodide clusters. Based on our investigations, their mechanochromic luminescence properties are presented along with the study of the underlying mechanism. Establishment of structure-property relationships supported by various characterization techniques and associated with theoretical investigations permits gaining insights into the mechanism at play. Studies of other researcher groups are also described and illustrate the interest shown by these mechanochromic compounds. Mechanically responsive films are reported, demonstrating their potential use in a range of applications of such copper-based stimuli-responsive materials. Current challenges faced by the development of technological applications are finally outlined.
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- Sandrine Perruchas
- Université de Nantes, CNRS, Institut des Matériaux Jean Rouxel, IMN, F-44000 Nantes, France.
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Ogawa S, Katsuragi H, Ikeda T, Oshima K, Satokawa S, Yamazaki Y, Tsubomura T. Dual mechanoluminescence system comprising a solid-state di-copper(I) complex containing N-heterocyclic carbene ligands. Dalton Trans 2021; 50:8845-8850. [PMID: 34100056 DOI: 10.1039/d1dt00501d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A simple N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligand linked to a flexible propylene linker allows the formation of "Cu-Cu"- and "2 Cu"-type geometries inside a molecular framework. The incorporation of two Cu(i) ions in close proximity was observed in the Cu-Cu-type geometry but not in the 2 Cu-type geometry. In this study, the ground-state geometries of solid-state di-copper(i) complexes containing NHC ligands with ethyl substituents were modulated by external stimuli. A crystal with the 2 Cu-type geometry was obtained by the mechanical grinding and heating of a crystal with the Cu-Cu-type geometry, as confirmed by the disappearance of the absorption peak attributed to cuprophilic interaction in the diffuse reflection spectrum. The mechanical grinding of both crystals afforded composite states comprising small crystallites of the corresponding crystalline phases and an amorphous domain. This structural transition was accompanied by tribochromism and chronochromism. The results suggest that these di-copper(i) complexes show promise for the development of stimuli-responsive photoluminescent Cu(i) complexes.
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- Shigesaburo Ogawa
- Department of Materials and Life Science, Seikei University, 3-3-1 Kichioji-kitamachi, Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180-8633, Japan.
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- Department of Materials and Life Science, Seikei University, 3-3-1 Kichioji-kitamachi, Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180-8633, Japan.
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- Department of Materials and Life Science, Seikei University, 3-3-1 Kichioji-kitamachi, Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180-8633, Japan.
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- Department of Materials and Life Science, Seikei University, 3-3-1 Kichioji-kitamachi, Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180-8633, Japan.
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- Department of Materials and Life Science, Seikei University, 3-3-1 Kichioji-kitamachi, Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180-8633, Japan.
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- Department of Materials and Life Science, Seikei University, 3-3-1 Kichioji-kitamachi, Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180-8633, Japan.
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- Department of Materials and Life Science, Seikei University, 3-3-1 Kichioji-kitamachi, Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180-8633, Japan.
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Tzouras NV, Martynova EA, Ma X, Scattolin T, Hupp B, Busen H, Saab M, Zhang Z, Falivene L, Pisanò G, Van Hecke K, Cavallo L, Cazin CSJ, Steffen A, Nolan SP. Simple Synthetic Routes to Carbene-M-Amido (M=Cu, Ag, Au) Complexes for Luminescence and Photocatalysis Applications. Chemistry 2021; 27:11904-11911. [PMID: 34038002 PMCID: PMC8456869 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202101476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The development of novel and operationally simple synthetic routes to carbene‐metal‐amido (CMA) complexes of copper, silver and gold relevant for photonic applications are reported. A mild base and sustainable solvents allow all reactions to be conducted in air and at room temperature, leading to high yields of the targeted compounds even on multigram scales. The effect of various mild bases on the N−H metallation was studied in silico and experimentally, while a mechanochemical, solvent‐free synthetic approach was also developed. Our photophysical studies on [M(NHC)(Cbz)] (Cbz=carbazolyl) indicate that the occurrence of fluorescent or phosphorescent states is determined primarily by the metal, providing control over the excited state properties. Consequently, we demonstrate the potential of the new CMAs beyond luminescence applications by employing a selected CMA as a photocatalyst. The exemplified synthetic ease is expected to accelerate the applications of CMAs in photocatalysis and materials chemistry.
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- Nikolaos V Tzouras
- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Sustainable Chemistry, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281,S-3, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Sustainable Chemistry, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281,S-3, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Sustainable Chemistry, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281,S-3, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Sustainable Chemistry, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281,S-3, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, TU Dortmund University, Otto-Hahn-Str. 6, 44227, Dortmund, Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, TU Dortmund University, Otto-Hahn-Str. 6, 44227, Dortmund, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Sustainable Chemistry, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281,S-3, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
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- KAUST Catalysis Center, Physical Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- KAUST Catalysis Center, Physical Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Sustainable Chemistry, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281,S-3, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Sustainable Chemistry, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281,S-3, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
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- KAUST Catalysis Center, Physical Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Sustainable Chemistry, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281,S-3, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, TU Dortmund University, Otto-Hahn-Str. 6, 44227, Dortmund, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Sustainable Chemistry, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281,S-3, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
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Wang XY, Yin Y, Yin J, Chen Z, Liu SH. Persistent room-temperature phosphorescence or high-contrast phosphorescent mechanochromism: polymorphism-dependent different emission characteristics from a single gold(I) complex. Dalton Trans 2021; 50:7744-7749. [PMID: 33988209 DOI: 10.1039/d1dt00959a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Luminophores with persistent room-temperature phosphorescence (p-RTP) or effective phosphorescent mechanochromism features have significant potential applications in the field of optoelectronic materials. Until now, p-RTP and remarkable phosphorescent mechanochromism phenomena have been observed in some luminescent molecules with different molecular structures. However, separately realizing p-RTP and high-contrast phosphorescent mechanochromism in different polymorphs from a single luminophore is still a valuable and challenging topic. In this work, two polymorphs 1B and 1YG of a new gold(i) complex with blue and yellow-green luminescence, respectively, are reported. Interestingly, 1B exhibits high-contrast phosphorescent mechanochromic behavior, while 1YG exhibits a persistent room-temperature phosphorescence effect. This is the first example of simultaneously obtaining double-purpose crystalline materials with a high-contrast phosphorescent mechanochromism or persistent room-temperature phosphorescence feature from a single luminophore.
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- Xiao-Yan Wang
- Key Laboratory of Pesticide and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China.
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Catalysis and Materials Science, College of Chemistry and Material Sciences, South-Central University for Nationalities, Wuhan 430074, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China. and Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University, Nanchang 330013, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China. and State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou 350002, PR China
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Yu X, Li X, Cai Z, Sun L, Wang C, Rao H, Wei C, Bian Z, Jin Q, Liu Z. Mechanochromic properties in a mononuclear Cu(I) complex without cuprophilic interactions. Chem Commun (Camb) 2021; 57:5082-5085. [PMID: 33890586 DOI: 10.1039/d1cc01229k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Two polymorphs of Cu[(3,4-bis(diphenylphosphino)thiophene)(bis(pyrazol-1-yl)borohydrate)] (1) were isolated. The blue luminescent crystals have evident mechanochromic luminescent (MCL) properties. Based on photophysical and structural analysis, the pore structure in the blue crystals is considered to be the main reason for the MCL properties.
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- Xiao Yu
- Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, China.
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, Beijing Engineering Technology Research Centre of Active Display, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, Beijing Engineering Technology Research Centre of Active Display, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, China.
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, Beijing Engineering Technology Research Centre of Active Display, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, Beijing Engineering Technology Research Centre of Active Display, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, Beijing Engineering Technology Research Centre of Active Display, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, Beijing Engineering Technology Research Centre of Active Display, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, China.
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, Beijing Engineering Technology Research Centre of Active Display, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
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Jin M, Ando R, Jellen MJ, Garcia-Garibay MA, Ito H. Encapsulating N-Heterocyclic Carbene Binuclear Transition-Metal Complexes as a New Platform for Molecular Rotation in Crystalline Solid-State. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:1144-1153. [PMID: 33382245 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c11981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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In crystalline solids, molecules generally have limited mobility due to their densely packed environment. However, structural information at the molecular level may be used to design amphidynamic crystals with rotating elements linked to rigid, lattice-forming parts, which may lead to molecular rotary motions and changes in conformation that determine the physical properties of the solid-state materials. Here, we report a novel design of emissive crystalline molecular rotors with a central pyrazine rotator connected by implanted transition metals (Cu or Au) to a readily accessible enclosure formed by two N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHC) in discrete binuclear complexes. The activation energies for the rotation could be tuned by changing the implanted metal. Exchanging Cu to Au resulted in an ∼4.0 kcal/mol reduction in the rotational energy barrier as a result of lower steric demand by elongation of the axle with the noble metal, and a stronger electronic stabilization in the rotational transition state by enhancement of the d-π* interactions between the metal centers and the pyrazine rotator. The Cu(I) rotor complex showed a greater electronic delocalization than the Au(I) rotor complex, causing a red-shifted solid-state emission. Molecular rotation-induced emission quenching was observed in both crystals. The enclosing NHC rotors are easy to prepare, and their rotational motion should be less dependent on packing structures, which are often crucial for many previously documented amphidynamic molecular crystals. The platform from the encapsulating NHC cationic metal complexes and the metal-centered rotation-axis provide a promising scaffold for a novel design of crystalline molecular rotors, including manipulation of rotary dynamics and solid-state emission.
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- Mingoo Jin
- Division of Applied Chemistry and Frontier Chemistry Center (FCC), Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8628, Japan.,Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (WPI-ICReDD), Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8628, Japan
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- Division of Applied Chemistry and Frontier Chemistry Center (FCC), Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8628, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of California Los Angeles, California 90095-1569, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of California Los Angeles, California 90095-1569, United States
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- Division of Applied Chemistry and Frontier Chemistry Center (FCC), Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8628, Japan.,Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (WPI-ICReDD), Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8628, Japan
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Busch JM, Koshelev DS, Vashchenko AA, Fuhr O, Nieger M, Utochnikova VV, Bräse S. Various Structural Design Modifications: para-Substituted Diphenylphosphinopyridine Bridged Cu(I) Complexes in Organic Light-Emitting Diodes. Inorg Chem 2021; 60:2315-2332. [PMID: 33464050 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c03187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The well-known system of dinuclear Cu(I) complexes bridged by 2-(diphenylphosphino)pyridine (PyrPhos) derivatives Cu2X2L3 and Cu2X2LP2 (L = bridging ligand, P = ancillary ligand) goes along with endless variation options for tunability. In this work, the influence of substituents and modifications on the phosphine moiety of the NP-bridging ligand was investigated. In previous studies, the location of the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) of the copper complexes of the PyrPhos family was found to be located on the NP-bridging ligand and enabled color tuning in the whole visible spectrum. A multitude of dinuclear Cu(I) complexes based on the triple methylated 2-(bis(4-methylphenyl)phosphino)-4-methylpyridine (Cu-1b-H, Cu-1b-MeO, and Cu-1b-F) up to complexes bearing 2-(bis(4-fluorophenyl)phosphino)pyridine (Cu-6a-H) with electron-withdrawing fluorine atoms over many other variations on the NP-bridging ligands were synthesized. Almost all copper complexes were confirmed via single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. Besides theoretical TDDFT-studies of the electronic properties and photophysical measurements, the majority of the phosphino-modified Cu(I) complexes was tested in solution-processed organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) with different heterostructure variations. The best results of the OLED devices were obtained with copper emitter Cu-1b-H in a stack architecture of ITO/PEDOT-PSS (50 nm)/poly-TPD (15 nm)/20 wt % Cu(I) emitter:CBP:TcTA(7:3) (45 nm)/TPBi (30 nm)/LiF(1 nm)/Al (>100 nm) with a high brightness of 5900 Cd/m2 and a good current efficiency of 3.79 Cd/A.
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- Jasmin M Busch
- Institute of Organic Chemistry (IOC), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Fritz-Haber-Weg 6, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Faculty of Materials Science, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 1/73 Leninskye Gory, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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- Institute of Nanotechnology (INT) and Karlsruhe Nano-Micro Facility (KNMF), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 55, A.I. Virtasen aukio 1, 00014, Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry (IOC), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Fritz-Haber-Weg 6, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany.,Institute of Biological and Chemical Systems - Functional Molecular Systems, IBCS-FMS, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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Kanno M, Kitao T, Ito T, Terashima K. Synthesis of a metal–organic framework by plasma in liquid to increase reduced metal ions and enhance water stability. RSC Adv 2021; 11:22756-22760. [PMID: 35480462 PMCID: PMC9034360 DOI: 10.1039/d1ra00942g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2021] [Accepted: 06/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Synthesis of a metal–organic framework by plasma in liquid was demonstrated with HKUST-1 as an example. HKUST-1 synthesized by this method contains a higher amount of monovalent copper ions than that synthesized by other conventional methods. The enhanced water stability was also confirmed. Plasma in liquid provides a method for the synthesis of HKUST-1 with increased reduced metal ions and high water stability.![]()
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- Moriyuki Kanno
- Department of Advanced Materials Science
- Graduate School of Frontier Sciences
- The University of Tokyo
- Kashiwa
- Japan
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- Department of Advanced Materials Science
- Graduate School of Frontier Sciences
- The University of Tokyo
- Kashiwa
- Japan
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- Department of Advanced Materials Science
- Graduate School of Frontier Sciences
- The University of Tokyo
- Kashiwa
- Japan
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- Department of Advanced Materials Science
- Graduate School of Frontier Sciences
- The University of Tokyo
- Kashiwa
- Japan
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Zhang B, Zhang J, Sun A, Liu C, Gu M, Chen Y, Wei B, Du C. Efficiently luminescent mononuclear copper iodide complexes with sterically hindered iminephosphine chelating ligands. NEW J CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1nj00622c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Cu(i) complexes realize high luminescence properties due to steric hindrances of the ligands and synergistic heavy atom (Cu and I) effects.
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- Bin Zhang
- College of Chemistry
- Zhengzhou University
- Zhengzhou
- P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry
- Zhengzhou University
- Zhengzhou
- P. R. China
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- Microelectronic R&D Center
- School of Mechatronic Engineering and Automation
- Shanghai University
- Shanghai
- P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry
- Zhengzhou University
- Zhengzhou
- P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry
- Zhengzhou University
- Zhengzhou
- P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry
- Zhengzhou University
- Zhengzhou
- P. R. China
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- Microelectronic R&D Center
- School of Mechatronic Engineering and Automation
- Shanghai University
- Shanghai
- P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry
- Zhengzhou University
- Zhengzhou
- P. R. China
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Lüdtke N, Föller J, Marian CM. Understanding the luminescence properties of Cu(i) complexes: a quantum chemical perusal. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:23530-23544. [PMID: 33074271 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp04654j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Electronic structures and excited-state properties of Cu(i) complexes with varying coordination numbers have been investigated by means of advanced quantum chemical methods. The computational protocol employs density functional-based methods for geometry optimizations and vibrational analyses including solvent effects through continuum models. Excitation energies, spin-orbit couplings and luminescence properties are evaluated using multireference configuration interaction methods. Rate constants of spin-allowed and spin-forbidden transitions have been determined according to the Fermi golden rule. The computational results for the 4-coordinate (DPEPhos)Cu(PyrTet), the 3-coordinate [IPr-Cu-Py2]+, and the linear CAACMe2-Cu-Cl complexes agree well with experimental absorption and emission wavelengths, intersystem crossing (ISC) time constants, and radiative lifetimes in liquid solution. Spectral shifts on the ligand-to-ligand charge transfer (LLCT) and metal-to-ligand charge transfer (MLCT) transitions caused by the polarity of the environment are well represented by the continuum models whereas the shifts caused by pseudo-Jahn-Teller distortions in the MLCT states are too pronounced in comparison to solid-state data. Systematic variation of the ligands in linear Cu(i) carbene complexes shows that only those complexes with S1 and T1 states of LLCT character possess sufficiently small singlet-triplet energy gaps ΔEST to enable thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF). Complexes whose S1 and T1 wavefunctions are dominated by MLCT excitations tend to emit phosphorescence instead. Unlike the situation in metal-free TADF emitters, the presence of low-lying locally excited triplet states does not promote ISC. These states rather hold the danger of trapping the excitation with nonradiative deactivation being the major deactivation channel.
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- Nora Lüdtke
- Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Universitätsstr. 1, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.
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- Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Universitätsstr. 1, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.
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- Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Universitätsstr. 1, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.
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Utrera-Melero R, Huitorel B, Cordier M, Mevellec JY, Massuyeau F, Latouche C, Martineau-Corcos C, Perruchas S. Combining Theory and Experiment to Get Insight into the Amorphous Phase of Luminescent Mechanochromic Copper Iodide Clusters. Inorg Chem 2020; 59:13607-13620. [PMID: 32909432 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c01967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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In the field of stimuli-responsive luminescent materials, mechanochromic compounds exhibiting reversible emission color changes activated by mechanical stimulation present appealing perspectives in sensor applications. The mechanochromic luminescence properties of the molecular cubane copper iodide cluster [Cu4I4[PPh2(C6H4-CH2OH)]4] (1) are reported in this study. This compound can form upon melting an amorphous phase, giving an unprecedented opportunity to investigate the mechanochromism phenomenon. Because the mechanically induced crystalline-to-amorphous transition is only partial, the completely amorphous phase represents the ultimate state of the mechanically altered phase. Furthermore, the studied compound could form two different crystalline polymorphs, namely, [Cu4I4[PPh2(C6H4-CH2OH)]4]·C2H3N (1·CH3CN) and [Cu4I4[PPh2(C6H4-CH2OH)]4]·3C4H8O (1·THF), allowing the establishment of straightforward structure-property relationships. Photophysical and structural characterizations of 1 in different states were performed, and the experimental data were supported by theoretical investigations. Solid-state NMR analysis permitted quantification of the amorphous part in the mechanically altered phase. IR and Raman analysis enabled identification of the spectroscopic signatures of each state. Density functional theory calculations led to assignment of both the NMR characteristics and the vibrational bands. Rationalization of the photoluminescence properties was also conducted, with simulation of the phosphorescence spectra allowing an accurate interpretation of the thermochromic luminescence properties of this family of compounds. The combined study of crystalline polymorphism and the amorphous state allowed us to get deeper into the mechanochromism mechanism that implies changes of the [Cu4I4] cluster core geometry. Through the combination of multistimuli-responsive properties, copper iodide clusters constitute an appealing class of compounds toward original functional materials.
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- Raquel Utrera-Melero
- Université de Nantes, CNRS, Institut des Matériaux Jean Rouxel, IMN, F-44000 Nantes, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée, CNRS-Ecole Polytechnique, 91128 Palaiseau Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Moléculaire, CNRS-Ecole Polytechnique, 91128 Palaiseau Cedex, France
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- Université de Nantes, CNRS, Institut des Matériaux Jean Rouxel, IMN, F-44000 Nantes, France
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- Université de Nantes, CNRS, Institut des Matériaux Jean Rouxel, IMN, F-44000 Nantes, France
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- Université de Nantes, CNRS, Institut des Matériaux Jean Rouxel, IMN, F-44000 Nantes, France
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- Molécules, Interactions et Matériaux, Institut Lavoisier de Versailles, Université de Versailles St-Quentin en Yvelines, UMR 8180, CNRS, 45 avenue des Etats-Unis, 78035 Versailles Cedex, France.,CEMHTI, Université d'Orléans, UPR 3079, CNRS, F-45071 Orléans, France
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- Université de Nantes, CNRS, Institut des Matériaux Jean Rouxel, IMN, F-44000 Nantes, France.,Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée, CNRS-Ecole Polytechnique, 91128 Palaiseau Cedex, France
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Li C, Li W, Henwood AF, Hall D, Cordes DB, Slawin AMZ, Lemaur V, Olivier Y, Samuel IDW, Zysman-Colman E. Luminescent Dinuclear Copper(I) Complexes Bearing an Imidazolylpyrimidine Bridging Ligand. Inorg Chem 2020; 59:14772-14784. [PMID: 32869979 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c01866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The synthesis and photophysical study of two dinuclear copper(I) complexes bearing a 2-(1H-imidazol-2-yl)pyrimidine bridging ligand are described. The tetrahedral coordination sphere of each copper center is completed through the use of a bulky bis(phosphine) ligand, either DPEphos or Xantphos. Temperature-dependent photophysical studies demonstrated emission through a combination of phosphorescence and thermally activated delayed fluorescence for both complexes, and an intense emission (ΦPL = 46%) was observed for a crystalline sample of one of the complexes reported. The photophysics of these two complexes is very sensitive to the environment. Two pseudopolymorphs of one of the dinuclear complexes were isolated, with distinct photophysics. The emission color of the crystals can be changed by grinding, and the differences in their photophysics before and after grinding are discussed.
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- Chenfei Li
- Organic Semiconductor Centre, EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Fife KY16 9ST, U.K
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- Organic Semiconductor Centre, SUPA School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Fife KY16 9SS, U.K
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- Organic Semiconductor Centre, EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Fife KY16 9ST, U.K
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- Organic Semiconductor Centre, EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Fife KY16 9ST, U.K.,Laboratory for Chemistry of Novel Materials, University of Mons, 7000 Mons, Belgium
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- Organic Semiconductor Centre, EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Fife KY16 9ST, U.K
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- Organic Semiconductor Centre, EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Fife KY16 9ST, U.K
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- Laboratory for Chemistry of Novel Materials, University of Mons, 7000 Mons, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Chemistry of Novel Materials, University of Mons, 7000 Mons, Belgium.,Unité de Chimie Physique Théorique et Structurale & Laboratoire de Physique du Solide, Namur Institute of Structured Matter, Université de Namur, Rue de Bruxelles, 61, 5000 Namur, Belgium
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- Organic Semiconductor Centre, SUPA School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Fife KY16 9SS, U.K
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- Organic Semiconductor Centre, EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Fife KY16 9ST, U.K
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Matavos-Aramyan S, Soukhakian S, Jazebizadeh MH. Mononuclear Cu Complexes Based on Nitrogen Heterocyclic Carbene: A Comprehensive Review. Top Curr Chem (Cham) 2020; 378:39. [PMID: 32367181 DOI: 10.1007/s41061-020-00304-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2020] [Accepted: 04/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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During the last decade, organometallic, coordination, and catalytic chemistry of the three-dimensional metals such as copper (Cu) has been greatly affected by the emergence of nitrogen heterocyclic carbene (NHC) complexes. The NHCs, and in particular the mononuclear CuI-based ones, have been proven vastly useful in several applications such as in biosynthesis, catalysis, photochemistry, etc. This review tries to thoroughly describe a series of mononuclear CuI NHC complexes and their subcategories such as heteroleptics, and bidentate and tridentate heteroatom complexes, and give some detailed insights on their development, emergence, and applications. A brief outlook is also disclosed to enable other researchers to further develop a platform for future advances and studies in the field of CuI-based NHCs.
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- Sina Matavos-Aramyan
- Research and Development Department, Division of Chemistry, Raazi Environmental Protection Foundation, Shiraz, Iran.
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- Research and Development Department, Division of Chemistry, Raazi Environmental Protection Foundation, Shiraz, Iran
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- Research and Development Department, Division of Chemistry, Raazi Environmental Protection Foundation, Shiraz, Iran
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Gernert M, Balles-Wolf L, Kerner F, Müller U, Schmiedel A, Holzapfel M, Marian CM, Pflaum J, Lambert C, Steffen A. Cyclic (Amino)(aryl)carbenes Enter the Field of Chromophore Ligands: Expanded π System Leads to Unusually Deep Red Emitting Cu I Compounds. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:8897-8909. [PMID: 32302135 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c02234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A series of copper(I) complexes bearing a cyclic (amino)(aryl)carbene (CAArC) ligand with various complex geometries have been investigated in great detail with regard to their structural, electronic, and photophysical properties. Comparison of [CuX(CAArC)] (X = Br (1), Cbz (2), acac (3), Ph2acac (4), Cp (5), and Cp* (6)) with known CuI complexes bearing cyclic (amino)(alkyl), monoamido, or diamido carbenes (CAAC, MAC, or DAC, respectively) as chromophore ligands reveals that the expanded π-system of the CAArC leads to relatively low energy absorption maxima between 350 and 550 nm in THF with high absorption coefficients of 5-15 × 103 M-1 cm-1 for 1-6. Furthermore, 1-5 show intense deep red to near-IR emission involving their triplet excited states in the solid state and in PMMA films with λemmax = 621-784 nm. Linear [Cu(Cbz)(DippCAArC)] (2) has been found to be an exceptional deep red (λmax = 621 nm, ϕ = 0.32, τav = 366 ns) thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) emitter with a radiative rate constant kr of ca. 9 × 105 s-1, exceeding those of commercially employed IrIII- or PtII-based emitters. Time-resolved transient absorption and fluorescence upconversion experiments complemented by quantum chemical calculations employing Kohn-Sham density functional theory and multireference configuration interaction methods as well as temperature-dependent steady-state and time-resolved luminescence studies provide a detailed picture of the excited-state dynamics of 2. To demonstrate the potential applicability of this new class of low-energy emitters in future photonic applications, such as nonclassical light sources for quantum communication or quantum cryptography, we have successfully conducted single-molecule photon-correlation experiments of 2, showing distinct antibunching as required for single-photon emitters.
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- Markus Gernert
- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, TU Dortmund University, Otto-Hahn-Straße 6, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Experimental Physics VI, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Universitätsstraße 1, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Experimental Physics VI, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, TU Dortmund University, Otto-Hahn-Straße 6, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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Li J, Wang L, Zhao Z, Li X, Yu X, Huo P, Jin Q, Liu Z, Bian Z, Huang C. Two‐Coordinate Copper(I)/NHC Complexes: Dual Emission Properties and Ultralong Room‐Temperature Phosphorescence. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:8210-8217. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201916379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2019] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Jiayi Li
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS)State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and ApplicationsBeijing Engineering Technology Research Centre of Active DisplayCollege of Chemistry and Molecular EngineeringPeking University Beijing 100871 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS)State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and ApplicationsBeijing Engineering Technology Research Centre of Active DisplayCollege of Chemistry and Molecular EngineeringPeking University Beijing 100871 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS)State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and ApplicationsBeijing Engineering Technology Research Centre of Active DisplayCollege of Chemistry and Molecular EngineeringPeking University Beijing 100871 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS)State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and ApplicationsBeijing Engineering Technology Research Centre of Active DisplayCollege of Chemistry and Molecular EngineeringPeking University Beijing 100871 China
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- Department of ChemistryCapital Normal University Beijing 100048 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS)State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and ApplicationsBeijing Engineering Technology Research Centre of Active DisplayCollege of Chemistry and Molecular EngineeringPeking University Beijing 100871 China
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- Department of ChemistryCapital Normal University Beijing 100048 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS)State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and ApplicationsBeijing Engineering Technology Research Centre of Active DisplayCollege of Chemistry and Molecular EngineeringPeking University Beijing 100871 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS)State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and ApplicationsBeijing Engineering Technology Research Centre of Active DisplayCollege of Chemistry and Molecular EngineeringPeking University Beijing 100871 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS)State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and ApplicationsBeijing Engineering Technology Research Centre of Active DisplayCollege of Chemistry and Molecular EngineeringPeking University Beijing 100871 China
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Li J, Wang L, Zhao Z, Li X, Yu X, Huo P, Jin Q, Liu Z, Bian Z, Huang C. Two‐Coordinate Copper(I)/NHC Complexes: Dual Emission Properties and Ultralong Room‐Temperature Phosphorescence. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201916379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Jiayi Li
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS)State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and ApplicationsBeijing Engineering Technology Research Centre of Active DisplayCollege of Chemistry and Molecular EngineeringPeking University Beijing 100871 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS)State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and ApplicationsBeijing Engineering Technology Research Centre of Active DisplayCollege of Chemistry and Molecular EngineeringPeking University Beijing 100871 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS)State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and ApplicationsBeijing Engineering Technology Research Centre of Active DisplayCollege of Chemistry and Molecular EngineeringPeking University Beijing 100871 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS)State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and ApplicationsBeijing Engineering Technology Research Centre of Active DisplayCollege of Chemistry and Molecular EngineeringPeking University Beijing 100871 China
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- Department of ChemistryCapital Normal University Beijing 100048 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS)State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and ApplicationsBeijing Engineering Technology Research Centre of Active DisplayCollege of Chemistry and Molecular EngineeringPeking University Beijing 100871 China
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- Department of ChemistryCapital Normal University Beijing 100048 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS)State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and ApplicationsBeijing Engineering Technology Research Centre of Active DisplayCollege of Chemistry and Molecular EngineeringPeking University Beijing 100871 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS)State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and ApplicationsBeijing Engineering Technology Research Centre of Active DisplayCollege of Chemistry and Molecular EngineeringPeking University Beijing 100871 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS)State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and ApplicationsBeijing Engineering Technology Research Centre of Active DisplayCollege of Chemistry and Molecular EngineeringPeking University Beijing 100871 China
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Koshevoy IO, Krause M, Klein A. Non-covalent intramolecular interactions through ligand-design promoting efficient photoluminescence from transition metal complexes. Coord Chem Rev 2020; 405:213094. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2019.213094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Canossa S, Filonenko GA. Color-Based Optical Detection of Glass Transitions on Microsecond Timescales Enabled by Exciplex Dynamics. Adv Mater 2020; 32:e1906764. [PMID: 31782848 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201906764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2019] [Revised: 11/14/2019] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Every measurement technique operates on a given timescale and measurements using emissive small molecule sensors are no exception. A family of luminescent sensors providing first optical characterization of dynamic phenomena in polymers at a timescale of several microseconds is described. This performance originates from the dynamics manifested in the excited state of the sensor molecules where diffusioncontrolled events select the emission color while radiative phenomena define the global operation timescale. Since the mechanism responsible for signal generation is confined to the short lived excited state of emissive probe, it is possible observe an unprecedented link between the timescale of sensory action and that of photoluminescence. An application of this new methodology is demonstrated by performing general, short timescale detection of glass transitions in a temperature ranges precluding the informative range of conventional techniques by tens of degrees.
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- Stefano Canossa
- Catalysis Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, 2629 HZ, Delft, The Netherlands
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- Inorganic Systems Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, 2629 HZ, Delft, The Netherlands
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Ikeshita M, Ito M, Naota T. Variations in the Solid-State Emissions of Clothespin-Shaped Binuclear trans
-Bis(salicylaldiminato)platinum(II) with Halogen Functionalities. Eur J Inorg Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201900664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Masahiro Ikeshita
- Department of Chemistry; Graduate School of Engineering Science; Osaka University; Machikaneyama 560-8531 Toyonaka Osaka Japan
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- Department of Chemistry; Graduate School of Engineering Science; Osaka University; Machikaneyama 560-8531 Toyonaka Osaka Japan
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- Department of Chemistry; Graduate School of Engineering Science; Osaka University; Machikaneyama 560-8531 Toyonaka Osaka Japan
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Multireference configuration interaction methods including spin-orbit interactions have been employed to investigate the photophysical properties of various linear N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) copper(I) pyridine complexes with the aim of designing performant thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) emitters for use in organic-light-emitting diodes. Our theoretical results indicate that this structural motif is very favorable for generating excited triplet states with high quantum yield. The first excited singlet (SMLCT) and corresponding triplet state (TMLCT) are characterized by dσ → πPy metal-to-ligand charge-transfer (MLCT) excitations. Efficient intersystem crossing (ISC) and reverse ISC (rISC) between these states is mediated by a near-degenerate second triplet state (TMLCT/LC) with large dπ → πPy contributions. Spin-vibronic coupling is strong and is expected to play a major role in the (r)ISC processes. The calculations reveal, however, that the luminescence is effectively quenched by locally excited triplet states if the NHC ligand carries two diisopropylphenyl (DIPP) substituents. When DIPP is replaced with 1-adamantyl residues, this quenching process is suppressed and TADF in the UV spectral regime is predicted to proceed at a rate of about 1/μs. The introduction of +I substituents on the carbene and -M substituents on the pyridine allows tuning of the emission wavelength from the UV to the blue-green or green spectral region.
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Biology , TU Dortmund University , Otto-Hahn-Strasse 6 , D-44227 Dortmund , Germany
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Heil A, Marian CM. DFT/MRCI-R2018 study of the photophysics of the zinc(ii) tripyrrindione radical: non-Kasha emission? Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:19857-19867. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cp04244j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The fluorescence of a radical-based emitter has been theoretically investigated after measurements had shown absorption bands to lie below the emission energy. The results of the all-multiplicity DFT/MRCI-R2018 study indicate D3 emission.
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- Adrian Heil
- Institut für Theoretische Chemie und Computerchemie
- Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
- 40225 Düsseldorf
- Germany
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- Institut für Theoretische Chemie und Computerchemie
- Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
- 40225 Düsseldorf
- Germany
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