Unprecedented strongly panchromic absorption from proton switchable iridium(III) azoimidazolate complexes
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12/2015Author
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EP/L012294/1
ep/l017008/1
EP/D061768/1
EP/K031252/1
EP/K039210/1
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Two novel heteroleptic iridium(III) complexes bearing an aryldiazoimidazole ligand are reported. These complexes differ structurally with respect to the protonation state of the imidazole ring, but can be independently accessed by varying the synthetic conditions. Their structures have been unequivocally confirmed by X-ray crystal structure analysis, with surprising differences in the structural parameters of the two complexes. The strongly absorbing nature of the free diazoimidazole ligand is enhanced in these iridium complexes, with the protonated cationic complex demonstrating extraordinarily strong panchromic absorption up to 700 nm. The absorption profile of the deprotonated neutral complex is blue-shifted by about 100 nm and thus the interconversion between the two complexes as a function of the acidity/basicity of the environment can be readily monitored by absorption spectroscopy. Theoretical calculations reveal the origins of these markedly different absorption properties. Finally, the protonated analogue has been targeted as an acceptor material for organic photovoltaic (OPV) applications and preliminary results are reported.
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Henwood , A F , Hu , Y , Sajjad , M T , Thalluri , V V G K , Ghosh , S S , Cordes , D B , Slawin , A M Z , Samuel , I D W , Robertson , N & Zysman-Colman , E 2015 , ' Unprecedented strongly panchromic absorption from proton switchable iridium(III) azoimidazolate complexes ' , Chemistry - A European Journal , vol. 21 , no. 52 , pp. 19128-19135 . https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201503546
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Chemistry - A European Journal
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Peer reviewed
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0947-6539Type
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