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Trippmacher S, Demeshko S, Prescimone A, Meyer F, Wenger OS, Wang C. Ferromagnetically Coupled Chromium(III) Dimer Shows Luminescence and Sensitizes Photon Upconversion. Chemistry 2024; 30:e202400856. [PMID: 38523568 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202400856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2024] [Revised: 03/23/2024] [Accepted: 03/25/2024] [Indexed: 03/26/2024]
Abstract
There has been much progress on mononuclear chromium(III) complexes featuring luminescence and photoredox activity, but dinuclear chromium(III) complexes have remained underexplored in these contexts until now. We identified a tridentate chelate ligand able to accommodate both meridional and facial coordination of chromium(III), to either access a mono- or a dinuclear chromium(III) complex depending on reaction conditions. This chelate ligand causes tetragonally distorted primary coordination spheres around chromium(III) in both complexes, entailing comparatively short excited-state lifetimes in the range of 400 to 800 ns in solution at room temperature and making photoluminescence essentially oxygen insensitive. The two chromium(III) ions in the dimer experience ferromagnetic exchange interactions that result in a high spin (S=3) ground state with a coupling constant of +9.3 cm-1. Photoinduced energy transfer from the luminescent ferromagnetically coupled dimer to an anthracene derivative results in sensitized triplet-triplet annihilation upconversion. Based on these proof-of-principle studies, dinuclear chromium(III) complexes seem attractive for the development of fundamentally new types of photophysics and photochemistry enabled by magnetic exchange interactions.
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- Simon Trippmacher
- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, 4056, Basel, Switzerland
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Göttingen, Tammannstraße 4, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, BPR 1096, University of Basel, Mattenstrasse 24a, 4058, Basel, Switzerland
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Göttingen, Tammannstraße 4, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, 4056, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, 4056, Basel, Switzerland
- Department of Biology and Chemistry, Osnabrück University, Barbarastraße 7, 49076, Osnabrück, Germany
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Doistau B, Jiménez JR, Lawson Daku LM, Piguet C. Complex-as-Ligand Strategy as a Tool for the Design of a Binuclear Nonsymmetrical Chromium(III) Assembly: Near-Infrared Double Emission and Intramolecular Energy Transfer. Inorg Chem 2022; 61:11023-11031. [PMID: 35820089 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c01940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Abstract
The chromium(III) polypyridyl complexes are appealing for their long-lived near-infrared (NIR) emission reaching the millisecond range and for the strong circularly polarized luminescence of their isolated enantiomers. However, harnessing those properties in functional polynuclear CrIII devices remains mainly inaccessible because of the lack of synthetic methods for their design and functionalization. Even the preparation and investigation of most basic nonsymmetrical CrIII dyads exhibiting directional intramolecular intermetallic energy transfer remain unexplored. Taking advantage of the inertness of heteroleptic chromium(III) polypyridyl building blocks, we herein adapt the "complex-as-ligand" strategy, largely used with precious 4d and 5d metals, for the preparation of a binuclear nonsymmetrical CrIII complex (3d metal). The resulting [(phen)2Cr(L)Cr(tpy)]6+ dyad shows dual long-lived NIR emission and a directional intermetallic energy transfer that is controlled by the specific arrangements of the different coordination spheres. This strategy opens a route for building predetermined polynuclear assemblies with this earth-abundant metal.
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- Benjamin Doistau
- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Geneva, 30 quai Ernest Ansermet, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Granada and "Unidad de Excelencia en Química", Avenida Fuentenueva, E-18071 Granada, Spain
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Geneva, 30 quai Ernest Ansermet, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
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- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Geneva, 30 quai Ernest Ansermet, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
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Wang C, Reichenauer F, Kitzmann WR, Kerzig C, Heinze K, Resch‐Genger U. Efficient Triplet-Triplet Annihilation Upconversion Sensitized by a Chromium(III) Complex via an Underexplored Energy Transfer Mechanism. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202202238. [PMID: 35344256 PMCID: PMC9322448 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202202238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
Sensitized triplet-triplet annihilation upconversion (sTTA-UC) mainly relies on precious metal complexes thanks to their high intersystem crossing (ISC) efficiencies, excited state energies, and lifetimes, while complexes of abundant first-row transition metals are only rarely utilized and with often moderate UC quantum yields. [Cr(bpmp)2 ]3+ (bpmp=2,6-bis(2-pyridylmethyl)pyridine) containing earth-abundant chromium possesses an absorption band suitable for green light excitation, a doublet excited state energy matching the triplet energy of 9,10-diphenyl anthracene (DPA), a close to millisecond excited state lifetime, and high photostability. Combined ISC and doublet-triplet energy transfer from excited [Cr(bpmp)2 ]3+ to DPA gives 3 DPA with close-to-unity quantum yield. TTA of 3 DPA furnishes green-to-blue UC with a quantum yield of 12.0 % (close to the theoretical maximum). Sterically less-hindered anthracenes undergo a [4+4] cycloaddition with [Cr(bpmp)2 ]3+ and green light.
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- Cui Wang
- Division BiophotonicsFederal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM)Richard-Willstätter-Strasse 1112489BerlinGermany
- Institute of Chemistry and BiochemistryFree University of BerlinArnimallee 2214195BerlinGermany
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- Department of ChemistryJohannes Gutenberg University of MainzDuesbergweg 10–1455128MainzGermany
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- Department of ChemistryJohannes Gutenberg University of MainzDuesbergweg 10–1455128MainzGermany
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- Department of ChemistryJohannes Gutenberg University of MainzDuesbergweg 10–1455128MainzGermany
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- Department of ChemistryJohannes Gutenberg University of MainzDuesbergweg 10–1455128MainzGermany
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- Division BiophotonicsFederal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM)Richard-Willstätter-Strasse 1112489BerlinGermany
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Wang C, Reichenauer F, Kitzmann WR, Kerzig C, Heinze K, Resch‐Genger U. Efficient Triplet‐Triplet Annihilation Upconversion Sensitized by a Chromium(III) Complex via an Underexplored Energy Transfer Mechanism. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202202238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Cui Wang
- Division Biophotonics Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) Richard-Willstätter-Strasse 11 12489 Berlin Germany
- Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry Free University of Berlin Arnimallee 22 14195 Berlin Germany
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- Department of Chemistry Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz Duesbergweg 10–14 55128 Mainz Germany
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- Department of Chemistry Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz Duesbergweg 10–14 55128 Mainz Germany
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- Department of Chemistry Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz Duesbergweg 10–14 55128 Mainz Germany
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- Department of Chemistry Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz Duesbergweg 10–14 55128 Mainz Germany
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- Division Biophotonics Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) Richard-Willstätter-Strasse 11 12489 Berlin Germany
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Chong J, Besnard C, Cruz CM, Piguet C, Jiménez JR. Heteroleptic mer-[Cr(N ∩N ∩N)(CN) 3] complexes: synthetic challenge, structural characterization and photophysical properties. Dalton Trans 2022; 51:4297-4309. [PMID: 35195140 PMCID: PMC8922558 DOI: 10.1039/d2dt00126h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
The substitution of three water molecules around trivalent chromium in CrBr3·6H2O with the tridentate 2,2′:6′,2′′-terpyridine (tpy), N,N′-dimethyl-N,N′-di(pyridine-2-yl)pyridine-2,6-diamine (ddpd) or 2,6-di(quinolin-8-yl)pyridine (dqp) ligands gives the heteroleptic mer-[Cr(L)Br3] complexes. Stepwise treatments with Ag(CF3SO3) and KCN under microwave irradiations provide mer-[Cr(L)(CN)3] in moderate yields. According to their X-ray crystal structures, the associated six-coordinate meridional [CrN3C3] chromophores increasingly deviate from a pseudo-octahedral arrangement according to L = ddpd ≈ dpq ≪ tpy; a trend in line with the replacement of six-membered with five-membered chelate rings around CrIII. Room-temperature ligand-centered UV-excitation at 18 170 cm−1 (λexc = 350 nm), followed by energy transfer and intersystem crossing eventually yield microsecond metal-centered Cr(2E → 4A2) phosphorescence in the red to near infrared domain 13 150–12 650 cm−1 (760 ≤ λem ≤ 790 nm). Decreasing the temperature to liquid nitrogen (77 K) extends the emission lifetimes to reach the millisecond regime with a record of 4.02 ms for mer-[Cr(dqp)(CN)3] in frozen acetonitrile. The heteroleptic mer-[Cr(L)(CN)3] (L = tpy, ddpd, dqp) complexes with their C2v-symmetrical [CrC3N3] luminescent chromophores represent the missing links between pseudo-octahedral [CrN6] and [CrC6] units found in their well-known homoleptic parents.![]()
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- Julien Chong
- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Geneva, 30 quai E. Ansermet, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland.
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- Laboratory of Crystallography, University of Geneva, 24 quai E. Ansermet, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Geneva, 30 quai E. Ansermet, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland.
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- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Geneva, 30 quai E. Ansermet, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland. .,Department of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Granada and "Unidad de Excelencia en Química" (UEQ), Avda. Fuentenueva, E-18071 Granada, España.
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Synthesis, Crystal Structure and Spectroscopic Properties of (Acetylacetonato)(1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane)chromium(III) Diperchlorate. Z Anorg Allg Chem 2011. [DOI: 10.1002/zaac.201100423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Sun C, Turlington CR, Thomas WW, Wade JH, Stout WM, Grisenti DL, Forrest WP, VanDerveer DG, Wagenknecht PS. Synthesis of cis and trans Bis-alkynyl Complexes of Cr(III) and Rh(III) Supported by a Tetradentate Macrocyclic Amine: A Spectroscopic Investigation of the M(III)–Alkynyl Interaction. Inorg Chem 2011; 50:9354-64. [DOI: 10.1021/ic2009336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Chivin Sun
- Department of Chemistry, Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina 29613,
United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina 29613,
United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina 29613,
United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina 29613,
United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina 29613,
United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina 29613,
United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634,
United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina 29613,
United States
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Grisenti DL, Smith MB, Fang L, Bishop N, Wagenknecht PS. A convenient synthesis of isocyclam and [16]aneN4 and the photophysics of their dicyanochromium(III) complexes. Inorganica Chim Acta 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2009.09.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Vagnini MT, Rutledge WC, Wagenknecht PS. Measurement of Both the Equilibrium Constant and Rate Constant for Electronic Energy Transfer by Control of the Limiting Kinetic Regimes. Inorg Chem 2009; 49:833-8. [DOI: 10.1021/ic9013174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Michael T. Vagnini
- Department of Chemistry, Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina 29613
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- Department of Chemistry, Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina 29613
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- Department of Chemistry, Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina 29613
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Crystal structure and spectroscopic properties of trans-bis(nicotinato)(1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane)chromium(III) perchlorate. Inorganica Chim Acta 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2009.05.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Grisenti DL, Thomas WW, Turlington CR, Newsom MD, Priedemann CJ, VanDerveer DG, Wagenknecht PS. Emissive Chromium(III) Complexes with Substituted Arylethynyl Ligands. Inorg Chem 2008; 47:11452-4. [DOI: 10.1021/ic801376p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- David L. Grisenti
- Department of Chemistry, Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina 29613, and Department of Chemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634-0973
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- Department of Chemistry, Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina 29613, and Department of Chemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634-0973
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- Department of Chemistry, Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina 29613, and Department of Chemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634-0973
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- Department of Chemistry, Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina 29613, and Department of Chemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634-0973
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- Department of Chemistry, Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina 29613, and Department of Chemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634-0973
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- Department of Chemistry, Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina 29613, and Department of Chemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634-0973
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- Department of Chemistry, Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina 29613, and Department of Chemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634-0973
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Friesen DA, Nashiem RE, Waltz WL. Solvent Effects on the Spectroscopic and Photophysical Properties of the trans-(1,4,8,11-Tetraazacyclotetradecane)diisothiocyanatochromium(III) Ion, trans-[Cr(cyclam)(NCS)2]+. Inorg Chem 2007; 46:7982-91. [PMID: 17696340 DOI: 10.1021/ic701096g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The spectroscopy and photophysics of trans-[Cr(cyclam)(NCS)2]+ (where cyclam is 1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane) were studied in a range of solvents. The cyclam NH stretching vibration [nu(NH)] wavenumber correlates with the Gutmann donor number, whereas the thiocyanate CN stretching vibration [nu(CN)] wavenumber correlates with the Snyder solvent strength (P') scale. These results signify that there is a difference in the solvent interactions with the two types of ligands. The energy of the ligand-to-metal charge transfer absorption maximum between 310 and 320 nm and the energy of the spin-forbidden (doublet-quartet) absorption and emission bands above 700 nm correlate with the nu(CN) wavenumber. This establishes the dominant role of solvent effects at the NCS- ligand in "tuning" the energy of these spectroscopic features. Quantum yields phirx for photosubstitution are <0.02 at 54 degrees C and <0.002 at 22 degrees C, demonstrating that photochemical reaction is a very minor pathway. The effects of solvent and temperature on the nonradiative decay of the doublet excited-state were investigated by observing the time-resolved phosphorescence between 700 and 750 nm. Below 30 degrees C, the lifetimes are relatively temperature-independent, whereas at higher temperatures, a strong Arrhenius-type dependence is observed. Values for the preexponential factor (A) and the activation energy (Ea) are solvent-dependent and follow a Barclay-Butler-type correlation. These observations are consistent with a dominant back-intersystem crossing pathway for nonradiative decay in the higher-temperature region. From trends observed between ln(A) and the nu(CN) frequency, it appears that solvent effects at the thiocyanate ligand play a dominant role in influencing the rate of nonradiative decay in the high-temperature region.
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- Duane A Friesen
- Chemistry Department, Malaspina University College, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada V9R 5S5. friesend@ mala.bc.ca
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Vagnini MT, Kane-Maguire NAP, Wagenknecht PS. Effects of Steric Constraint on Chromium(III) Complexes of Tetraazamacrocycles. 3. Insights into the Temperature-Dependent Radiationless Deactivation of the 2Eg (Oh) Excited State of trans-[Cr(N4)(CN)2]+ Complexes. Inorg Chem 2006; 45:3789-93. [PMID: 16634615 DOI: 10.1021/ic052170o] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Macrocyclic complexes of the type trans-[Cr(N4)(CN)2]+, where N4 = cyclam, 1,11-C3-cyclam, and 1,4-C2-cyclam demonstrate significant variation in their room-temperature excited-state behavior; namely, the lifetimes of the 2Eg (Oh) excited states are 335, 23, and 0.24 micros, respectively. The lifetimes of these complexes have been measured in acidified H2O/dimethyl sulfoxide over the temperature range between -30 and +95 degrees C. Arrhenius activation parameters were calculated from these data. There was very little variation in the values of the Arrhenius preexponential factor between these three complexes, whereas the value of Ea is 40.6 kJ/mol for the cyclam complex, 35.5 kJ/mol for the 1,11-C3-cyclam complex, and 22.3 kJ/mol for the 1,4-C2-cyclam complex. Thus, differences in the room-temperature excited-state lifetimes can be rationalized based on the competition between thermally independent nonradiative relaxation and a thermally activated channel. To test whether a photodissociation mechanism involving Cr-macrocyclic N bond cleavage is a plausible explanation for the thermally activated relaxation pathway, samples of the cyclam complex were photolyzed in acidified D(2)O. A marked increase in the lifetime after photolysis demonstrated the occurrence of photodeuteration and thus a likely photodissociation of a macrocyclic N.
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- Michael T Vagnini
- Department of Chemistry, Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina 29613, USA
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Wright-Garcia K, Basinger J, Williams S, Hu C, Wagenknecht PS, Nathan LC. Effects of steric constraint on chromium(III) complexes of tetraazamacrocycles. Chemistry and excited-state behavior of 1,4-C2-cyclam complexes. Inorg Chem 2003; 42:4885-90. [PMID: 12895111 DOI: 10.1021/ic030037v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The synthesis and characterization of several Cr(III) complexes of the constrained macrocyclic ligand 1,4-C(2)-cyclam = 1,4,8,11-tetraazabicyclo[10.2.2]hexadecane is reported. The ligand appears to form only trans complexes, and the structure of trans-[Cr(1,4-C(2)-cyclam)Cl(2)]PF(6) is presented. The constraint imposed by the additional C(2) linkage distorts the bond angles significantly away from the ideal values of 90 and 180 degrees. The effect of the distortion is to enhance the aquation rate of trans-[Cr(1,4-C(2)-cyclam)Cl(2)](+) (k(obs) for trans-[Cr(1,4-C(2)-cyclam)(H(2)O)(2)](3+) formation = 6.5 x 10(-)(2) s(-)(1), 0.01M HNO(3), 25 degrees C) by over 5 orders of magnitude relative to trans-[Cr(cyclam)Cl(2)](+). The complexes trans-[Cr(1,4-C(2)-cyclam)Cl(2)](+) and trans-[Cr(1,4-C(2)-cyclam)(CN)(2)](+) are found to have extinction coefficients four to five times higher than their cyclam analogues, owed to the lack of centrosymmetry caused by the steric constraint. The trans-[Cr(1,4-C(2)-cyclam)(CN)(2)](+) complex is a very weak emitter in aqueous solution with a broad room-temperature emission centered at 735 nm (tau = 0.24 micros). Extended photolysis (350 nm, 15 h) of trans-[Cr(1,4-C(2)-cyclam)(CN)(2)](+) in aqueous solution results in CN(-) ligand loss. This is in stark contrast to its unconstrained cyclam analogue, which is photoinert and has a room-temperature emission lifetime of 335 micros.
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