Luminescent dirhenium(I)-double-heterostranded helicate and mesocate

Inorg Chem. 2014 Jan 21;53(2):922-30. doi: 10.1021/ic4023135. Epub 2014 Jan 6.

Abstract

The semirigid ligands 1,4-bis(2-(2-hydroxyphenyl)benzimidazol-1-ylmethyl)benzene (H2-pBC) and 1,3-bis(2-(2-hydroxyphenyl)benzimidazol-1-ylmethyl)-2,4,6-trimethylbenzene (H2-mBC), containing two hydroxyphenylbenzimidazolyl units as bis-chelating (or bis(bidentate)) N∩OH donor, were synthesized and were used to assemble neutral, luminescent heteroleptic, unsaturated double-hetero-stranded, rhenium(I)-based helicate (1) and mesocate (2) with the flexible bis(monodentate) nitrogen donor (1,4-bis(benzimidazol-1-ylmethyl)benzene/1,3-bis(benzimidazol-1-ylmethyl)benzene), and Re2(CO)10. The photophysical properties of the complexes were studied. Both complexes 1 and 2 exhibit dual emissions in both solution and solid state. In solution, these complexes show both fluorescence and phosphorescence. Complex 1 undergoes a predominantly ligand-centered oxidation, resulting in the generation of phenoxyl radicals.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Benzene / chemistry
  • Coordination Complexes / chemical synthesis
  • Coordination Complexes / chemistry*
  • Electrochemistry
  • Ligands
  • Luminescent Agents / chemical synthesis
  • Luminescent Agents / chemistry*
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Quantum Theory
  • Rhenium / chemistry*
  • Spectrum Analysis

Substances

  • Coordination Complexes
  • Ligands
  • Luminescent Agents
  • Rhenium
  • Benzene