Synthesis, Characterization, and Properties of Tetraphenylethylene-Based Tetrakis-NHC Ligands and Their Metal Complexes.

Chemistry

Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710127, P. R. China.

Published: July 2019

The development of highly emissive dinuclear Ag or Au complexes [M L](PF ) (L=2 a, 2 b; M=Ag, Au) derived from tetraphenylethylene (TPE)-based tetrabenzimidazolin-2-ylidene ligands is reported. The new complexes exhibit a remarkable fluorescence enhancement compared to their parent benzimidazolium salts. The quantum yield (Φ ) value for salt H -2 a(PF ) in dilute solution (c=10  m) was found to be less than 1 %, whereas its metal complexes show Φ values up to 55 % at similar solution concentration. This observation can be attributed to the rigidification of the TPE skeleton upon metalation resulting in a restriction of the intramolecular rotation of the phenyl groups. Functionalization of the complexes [M 2 b](PF ) (M=Ag, Au) with terminal coumarin groups and subsequent photoirradiation yielded the complexes [M 3 b](PF ) (M=Ag, Au) bearing a new type of ligand with an unaffected TPE moiety.

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