title: Dinuclear Ru/Ni, Ir/Ni, and Ir/Pt complexes with bridging phenanthroline-5,6-dithiolate: synthesis, structure, and electrochemical and photophysical behavior.
abstract: We report the synthesis and full characterization of dinuclear complexes with the bridging ligand phenanthroline-5,6-dithiolate (phendt(2-)) featuring the [Ru(bpy)2](2+) or Ir(ppy)2](+) fragment at the diimine donor center and the [Ni(dppe)](2+) or [Pt(phen)](2+) complex moiety at the dithiolate group. The molecular structures of the mononuclear complexes [(C5H5)2Ti(S,S'-phendt)] and [(ppy)2Ir{N,N'-phendt-(C2H4CN)2}](PF6) as well as the dinuclear complex [(C5H5)(PPh3)Ru(phendt)Ni(dppe)](PF6) determined by X-ray diffraction (XRD) studies are compared. Photophysical studies with mononuclear [(bpy)2Ru{phendt-(C2H4CN)2}](2+) and [(ppy)2Ir{phendt-(C2H4CN)2}](+) as well as dinuclear [(bpy)2Ru(phendt)Ni(dppe)](2+) and [(ppy)2Ir(phendt)Ni(dppe)](+) uncovered an effective luminescence quenching in the dinuclear complexes. Lifetime measurements at room temperature, steady-state measurements at low temperature, electrochemical investigations, and DFT calculations provide evidence for a very efficient energy transfer from the Ru/Ir to the Ni complex moiety with a rate constant k > 5 × 10(9) s(-1). In comparison, the [Ru]phendt[Ni] complex displays a higher quenching efficiency with reduced excited state lifetime, whereas the [Ir]phendt[Ni] complex is characterized by an unaltered lifetime of the thermally equilibrated excited state.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Chemie, Universität Rostock , Albert-Einstein-Straße 3a, 18059 Rostock, Germany.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schallenberg
authors.forename: Antje
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Neubauer
authors.forename: Elisa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Erdmann
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tänzler
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Villinger
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lochbrunner
authors.forename: Wolfram W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Seidel