title: An alternative route to highly luminescent platinum(II) complexes: cyclometalation with N=C=N-coordinating dipyridylbenzene ligands.
abstract: The remarkable luminescence properties of the platinum(II) complex of 1,3-di(2-pyridyl)benzene, acting as a terdentate N=C=N-coordinating ligand cyclometalated at C2 of the benzene ring ([PtL(1)Cl]), have been investigated, together with those of two new 5-substituted analogues [PtL(2)Cl] and [PtL(3)Cl] [HL(2) = methyl-3,5-di(2-pyridyl)benzoate; HL(3) = 3,5-di(2-pyridyl)toluene]. All three complexes are intense emitters in degassed solution at 298 K (lambda(max) 480-580 nm; phi(lum) = 0.60, 0.58, and 0.68 in CH(2)Cl(2)), displaying highly structured emission spectra in dilute solution, with lifetimes in the microsecond range (7.2, 8.0, and 7.8 micros). On the basis of the very small Stokes shift, the highly structured profiles, and the relatively long lifetimes, the emission is attributed to an excited state of primarily (3)pi-pi character. At concentrations >1 x 10(-)(5) M, structureless excimer emission centered at ca. 700 nm is observed. The X-ray crystal structure of [PtL(2)Cl] is also reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Durham, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE U.K. j.a.g.williams@durham.ac.uk
authors.forename: J A Gareth
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Beeby
authors.forename: E Stephen
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Davies
authors.forename: Julia A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Weinstein
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wilson