Influence of Alkoxyl Substituent on 4,6-Diphenyl-2,2′-bipyridine Ligand on Photophysics of Cyclometalated Platinum(II) Complexes: Admixing Intraligand Charge Transfer Character in Low-Lying Excited States

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Abstract

A series of platinum 4,6-diphenyl-2,2'-bipyridine complexes (6-10) with alkoxyl substituent on the 6-phenyl ring have been synthesized and characterized. The influence of the alkoxyl substituent on the nature of the low-lying excited states, and thus the photophysical properties, have been systematically investigated spectroscopically and theoretically. Complexes 6-10 exhibit a broad low-energy charge-transfer absorption band from 400 to 500 nm, which shows weak negative solvatochromic effect. They all emit at about 590 nm in fluid solutions at room temperature, with the emission energy essentially independent of the nature of the monodentate ligand and the polarity of solvent. The excited-state lifetimes of 6 and 7 are much longer (approximately 460-570 ns) than those of their corresponding "alkoxyl free" analogues 12 and 13 (approximately 40-100 ns) in CH(3)CN. Additionally, the emission quantum yields of 7-9 in CH(2)Cl(2) are quite high (0.15-0.21). Spectroscopic studies and Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory (TDDFT) calculations indicate that these unique photophysical properties are induced by the electron-donating ability of the alkoxyl substituent, which causes a mixture of the intraligand charge transfer (ILCT) with the metal-to-ligand charge transfer (MLCT)/ligand-to-ligand charge transfer (LLCT) in their low-lying excited states. Complexes 6-10 exhibit broad triplet transient difference absorption in the near-UV to the near-IR region, where reverse saturable absorption (RSA) could occur. Nonlinear absorption experiments at 532 nm for nanosecond laser pulses demonstrate that 6-9 are strong reverse saturable absorbers, while 10 exhibits weak RSA because of its larger ground-state absorption cross-section and its low triplet excited-state quantum yield.

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