title: Synthesis, structure, and emissive properties of copper(I) complexes [CuI2(micro-X)2(micro-1,8-naphthyridine)(PPh3)2] (X=I, Br) with a butterfly-shaped dinuclear core having a short Cu-Cu distance.
abstract: New dinuclear copper(I) complexes [Cu2(micro-X)2(micro-1,8-naphthyridine)(PPh3)2] (X=I, Br) having the butterfly-shaped {Cu2(micro-X)2} unit show red phosphorescence at room temperature in the solid state. Molecular orbital calculations show that the emissions of the new complexes are not directly related to their short Cu...Cu separations [2.6123(5) and 2.6271(4) A] and are assignable to the triplet charge-transfer excited states from the {Cu2(micro-X)2} core to 1,8-naphthyridine.
authors.affiliation: Division of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiromi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Araki
authors.forename: Kiyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsuge
authors.forename: Yoichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: Shoji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ishizaka
authors.forename: Noboru
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kitamura