Oligophosphine-thiocyanate Copper(I) and Silver(I) Complexes and Their Borane Derivatives Showing Delayed Fluorescence

The series of chelating phosphine ligands, which contain bidentate P 2 (bis­[(2-diphenylphosphino)­phenyl] ether, DPEphos; 4,5-bis­(diphenylphosphino)-9,9-dimethylxanthene, Xantphos; 1,2-bis­(diphenylphosphino)­benzene, dppb), tridentate P 3 (bis­(2-diphenylphosphinophenyl)­phenylphosphine), and tet...

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Published in:Inorganic chemistry Vol. 58; no. 6; pp. 3646 - 3660
Main Authors: Chakkaradhari, Gomathy, Eskelinen, Toni, Degbe, Cecilia, Belyaev, Andrey, Melnikov, Alexey S, Grachova, Elena V, Tunik, Sergey P, Hirva, Pipsa, Koshevoy, Igor O
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States American Chemical Society 18-03-2019
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Summary:The series of chelating phosphine ligands, which contain bidentate P 2 (bis­[(2-diphenylphosphino)­phenyl] ether, DPEphos; 4,5-bis­(diphenylphosphino)-9,9-dimethylxanthene, Xantphos; 1,2-bis­(diphenylphosphino)­benzene, dppb), tridentate P 3 (bis­(2-diphenylphosphinophenyl)­phenylphosphine), and tetradentate P 4 (tris­(2-diphenylphosphino)­phenylphosphine) ligands, was used for the preparation of the corresponding dinuclear [M­(μ2-SCN)P 2 ]2 (M = Cu, 1, 3, 5; M = Ag, 2, 4, 6) and mononuclear [CuNCS­(P 3 /P 4 )] (7, 9) and [AgSCN­(P 3 /P 4 )] (8, 10) complexes. The reactions of P 4 with silver salts in a 1:2 molar ratio produce tetranuclear clusters [Ag2(μ3-SCN)­(t-SCN)­(P 4 )]2 (11) and [Ag2(μ3-SCN)­(P 4 )]2 2+ (12). Complexes 7–11 bearing terminally coordinated SCN ligands were efficiently converted into derivatives 13–17 with the weakly coordinating –SCN:B­(C6F5)3 isothiocyanatoborate ligand. Compounds 1 and 5–17 exhibit thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) behavior in the solid state. The excited states of thiocyanate species are dominated by the ligand to ligand SCN → π­(phosphine) charge transfer transitions mixed with a variable contribution of MLCT. The boronation of SCN groups changes the nature of both the S1 and T1 states to (L + M)­LCT d,p­(M, P) → π­(phosphine). The localization of the excited states on the aromatic systems of the phosphine ligands determines a wide range of luminescence energies achieved for the title complexes (λem varies from 448 nm for 1 to 630 nm for 10c). The emission of compounds 10 and 15, based on the P 4 ligand, strongly depends on the solid-state packing (λem = 505 and 625 nm for two crystalline forms of 15), which affects structural reorganizations accompanying the formation of electronically excited states.
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ISSN:0020-1669
1520-510X
DOI:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b03166