Directing energy transfer in Pt(bodipy)(mercaptopyrene) dyads.

We report on the photophysical properties of three dyads that combine a 4,4-difluoro-4-bora-3a,4a-diaza-s-indacene (bodipy, BDP) and a mercaptopyrene (SPyr) dye ligand at a Pt(PEt3)2 fragment. σ-Bonding of the dyes to the Pt ion promotes intersystem crossing (ISC) via the external heavy atom effect. The coupling of efficient ISC with charge-transfer from the electron-rich mercaptopyrene to the electron-accepting BDP ligand (PB-CT) gives rise to a multitude of (potentially) emissive states.

Four different emissions from a Pt(Bodipy)(PEt)(S-Pyrene) dyad.

The Pt(bodipy)-(mercaptopyrene) dyad BPtSPyr shows four different emissions: intense near-infrared phosphorescence (Φph up to 15%) from a charge-transfer state pyrS˙+-Pt-BDP˙-, additional fluorescence and phosphorescence emissions from the 1ππ* and 3ππ* states of the bodipy ligand at r.t., and phosphorescence from the pyrene 3ππ* and the bodipy 3ππ* states in a glassy matrix at 77 K.

Directing Energy Transfer in Panchromatic Platinum Complexes for Dual Vis-Near-IR or Dual Visible Emission from σ-Bonded BODIPY Dyes.

We report on the platinum complexes trans-Pt(BODIPY)(8-ethynyl-BODIPY)(PEt) (EtBPtB) and trans-Pt(BODIPY)(4-ethynyl-1,8-naphthalimide)(PR) (R = Et, EtNIPtB-1; R = Ph, EtNIPtB-2), which all contain two different dye ligands that are connected to the platinum atom by a direct σ bond. The molecular structures of all complexes were established by X-ray crystallography and show that the different dye ligands are in either a coplanar or an orthogonal arrangement. π-stacking and several CH···F and short CH···π interactions involving protons at the phosphine substituents lead to interesting packing motifs in the crystal.

Complexes trans-Pt(BODIPY)X(PEt3)2: excitation energy-dependent fluorescence and phosphorescence emissions, oxygen sensing and photocatalysis.

We report on five new complexes with the general formula trans-Pt(BODIPY)X(PEt3)2 (), where the platinum(ii) ion is σ-bonded to a 4,4-difluoro-4-bora-3a,4a-diaza-s-indacen-8-yl (BODIPY) and an anionic ligand X(-) (X(-) = Cl(-), I(-), NO2(-), NCS(-), CH3(-)). All five complexes were characterized by multinuclear NMR, electronic absorption and luminescence spectroscopy and by X-ray diffraction analysis. Four of these complexes show efficient intersystem crossing (ISC) from an excited singlet state to a BODIPY-centred T1 state and exhibit dual fluorescence and phosphorescence emission from the BODIPY ligand.