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Arras J, Calderón-Díaz A, Lebedkin S, Gozem S, McMillen CD, Bhuvanesh N, Stollenz M. Twisted and Disconnected Chains: Flexible Linear Tetracuprous Arrays and a Decanuclear Cu I Cluster as Blue- and Green/Yellow-Light Emitters. Inorg Chem 2024; 63:12943-12957. [PMID: 38935842 PMCID: PMC11256752 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c01646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2024] [Revised: 05/31/2024] [Accepted: 06/05/2024] [Indexed: 06/29/2024]
Abstract
Defined arrays of transition metal ions embedded in tailored polydentate ligand scaffolds allow for a systematic design of their physical properties. Such molecular strings of closed-shell transition metal centers are particularly interesting for Group 11 metal ions in the oxidation state +1 if they undergo metallophilic d10···d10 contact interactions since these clusters are oftentimes efficient photoluminescence (PL) emitters. Copper is particularly attractive as a sustainable earth-abundant coinage metal source and because of the ability of several CuI complexes to serve as powerful thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) emitters in molecular/organic light-emitting devices (OLEDs). Our combined synthetic, crystallographic, photophysical, and computational study describes a straight tetracuprous array possessing a centrally disconnected CuI2···CuI2 chain and a continuous helically bent CuI4 complex. This molecular helix undergoes a facile rearrangement in diethyl ether solution, yielding an unprecedented nanosized CuI10 cluster (2.9 × 2.0 nm) upon crystallization. All three clusters show either bright blue phosphorescence, TADF, or green/yellow multiband phosphorescence with quantum yields between 6.5 and 67%, which is persistent under hydrostatic pressure up to 30 kbar. Temperature-dependent PL investigations in combination with time-dependent density-functional theory (TD-DFT) calculations and void space analyses of the crystal packings complement a comprehensive correlation between the molecular structures and photoluminescence properties.
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Affiliation(s)
- Janet Arras
- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Kennesaw
State University, 370 Paulding Avenue NW, MD # 1203, Kennesaw, Georgia 30144, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Kennesaw
State University, 370 Paulding Avenue NW, MD # 1203, Kennesaw, Georgia 30144, United States
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- Institute
of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of
Technology (KIT), Herrmann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Department
of Chemistry, Georgia State University, 145 Piedmont Ave SE, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Clemson University, 379 Hunter Laboratories, Clemson, South Carolina 29634-0973, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, 580 Ross Street, P.O. Box 30012, College Station, Texas 77842-3012, United
States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Kennesaw
State University, 370 Paulding Avenue NW, MD # 1203, Kennesaw, Georgia 30144, United States
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Arras J, Ugarte Trejo O, Bhuvanesh N, Stollenz M. Non-conventional hydrogen bonding and dispersion forces that support embedding mesitylgold into a tailored bis(amidine) framework. Chem Commun (Camb) 2022; 58:1418-1421. [PMID: 35001099 DOI: 10.1039/d1cc06065a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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A bis(amidine) ligand operates as a molecular lock for two AuMes fragments. The resulting complex retains a flexible double macrocycle with two non-conventional N-H⋯Cipso hydrogen bonds and distinct intramolecular dispersion forces. Instead of unfolding of the double-ring structure through bond rupture in solution, a conformational ring inversion is observed.
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Affiliation(s)
- Janet Arras
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Kennesaw State University, 370 Paulding Avenue, MD 1203, Kennesaw, Georgia 30144, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Kennesaw State University, 370 Paulding Avenue, MD 1203, Kennesaw, Georgia 30144, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, 580 Ross Street, P.O. Box 30012, College Station, Texas 77842-3012, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Kennesaw State University, 370 Paulding Avenue, MD 1203, Kennesaw, Georgia 30144, USA.
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Arras J, Ugarte Trejo O, Bhuvanesh N, McMillen C, Stollenz M. Hydrogen bonds and dispersion forces serving as molecular locks for tailored Group 11 bis(amidine) complexes. Inorg Chem Front 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d2qi00443g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A flexible polydentate bis(amidine) ligand LH2 operates as a molecular lock for various coinage metal fragments and forms the dinuclear complexes [LH2(MCl)2], M = Cu (1), Au (2), the coordination...
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Guo L, Guo C, Peng S, Song R. Synthesis, structure, and coordination chemistry of a neutral pyrrolyl-functionalized amidinate ligand. NEW J CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d1nj05548h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A new o-phenylene-bridged ligand incorporating neutral pyrrolyl and amidino moieties was designed and synthesized. The reactivity of the ligand was investigated and showed versatile coordination modes towards alkali- and rare-earth metals.
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- Liping Guo
- Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory of Silicon-Based Materials, Bengbu University, Bengbu, Anhui 233030, China
- The Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui 241000, China
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- Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory of Silicon-Based Materials, Bengbu University, Bengbu, Anhui 233030, China
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- Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory of Silicon-Based Materials, Bengbu University, Bengbu, Anhui 233030, China
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- Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory of Silicon-Based Materials, Bengbu University, Bengbu, Anhui 233030, China
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Sukhikh TS, Kolybalov DS, Bashirov DA, Gromilov SA, Konchenko SN. CONFORMATIONAL DUALISM OF DIPYRIDYL-SUBSTITUTED FORMAMIDINE. J STRUCT CHEM+ 2021. [DOI: 10.1134/s0022476621060160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Rösch A, Seifert F, Vass V, Görls H, Kretschmer R. Synthesis, structure, and catalytic activity of dinuclear aluminium bis(amidinate) and bis(guanidinate) complexes. NEW J CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d0nj05007e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The ring-opening polymerization grand prix: Bis(amidinate)s outpaced their bis(guanidinate) competitors and won the race, while the drivers’ engines using acidic co-initiators collapsed before take-off.
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Affiliation(s)
- Andreas Rösch
- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry
- University of Regensburg
- 93053 Regensburg
- Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry
- Friedrich Schiller University Jena
- 07743 Jena
- Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry
- University of Regensburg
- 93053 Regensburg
- Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry
- Friedrich Schiller University Jena
- 07743 Jena
- Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry
- Friedrich Schiller University Jena
- 07743 Jena
- Germany
- Jena Center for Soft Matter (JCSM)
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