Photophysical properties of ruthenium(II) polypyridyl-gold(I) ethynyl dyads and triads containing mono- or diethynylphenanthroline incorporated into gold(I) triphenylphosphine organometallics.

A new ruthenium(II)-gold(I) dyad, [Ru(bpy)(2){5-{(PPh(3))-Au-C[tripe bond]C}-phen}](PF(6))(2) (2), with a different substituted site compared to [Ru(bpy)(2){3-{(PPh(3))-Au-C[triple bond]C}-phen}](PF(6))(2) (1), and a triad, [Ru(bpy)(2){3,6-bis{(PPh(3))-Au-C[triple bond]C}-phen}](PF(6))(2) (3), with an unsymmetric diethynylphenanthroline relative to [Ru(bpy)(2){3,8-bis{(PPh(3))-Au-C[triple bond]C}-phen}](PF(6))(2) (4) have been prepared. These four ruthenium(II)-gold(I) compounds showed typical metal-to-ligand charge-transfer (MLCT) absorption bands in the 400-550 nm region and a lowest energy pi-pi* absorption involved with the gold(I) perturbation in the 300-400 nm region. Broad emission bands assignable to the triplet MLCT transition were definitely observed in all compounds, indicating that the hybrid architecture constructed with Ru(II)-polypyridyl and Au(I)-ethynyl units converts the blue-green gold(I) perturbed pi-pi* phosphorescence into an orange MLCT-based emission. The transient absorption difference spectra of four compounds showed the difference in the electron transfer process between 2 and other compounds 1, 3, and 4 under the excited state. Ru(II)-Au(I) compounds except for 2 receive the supposed charge injection from a ruthenium center to an extended pi-conjugated ethynyl-substituted phenanthroline, which contains one or two gold(I) organometallic unit(s), while 2 undergoes the electron transfer process from the ruthenium center not to the 5-ethynylphenanthroline but to one of the bipyridyl ligands under the excited state. This hypothesis is supported by the deflection of the spots of 2 and [Ru(bpy)(3)](PF(6))(2) from a linear correlation line in a plot of E(0-0) versus DeltaE(1/2), which was based on the electrochemical and emission data of Ru(II)-Au(I) compounds and mononuclear ruthenium(II) polypyridyl complexes.

Highly efficient photoproduction of charge-separated states in donor-acceptor-linked bis(acetylide) platinum complexes.

We report a highly efficient charge separation system, D-Pt-A, where D (triphenylamine) and A (naphthalenediimide) are bonded to the Pt moiety through highly twisted phenylene ethynylene linkages. The quantum yields for the formation of the charge-separated state were determined to be nearly unity. The lifetimes of D(+)-Pt-A(-) were approximately 1 micros at room temperature and much longer at low temperature. The spin-correlated radical ion pair was directly observed by means of time-resolved EPR spectroscopy.

Photoinduced electron transfer of N-[(3- and 4-diarylamino)phenyl]-1,8-naphthalimide dyads: orbital-orthogonal approach in a short-linked D-A system.

The photoinduced electron transfer of a series of meta- and para-linked triphenylamine-naphthalimide dyads, N-{3- and 4-[bis(4-R-substituted phenyl)amino]phenyl}-1,8-naphthalimide, 1m,p (R = H), 2m,p (R = Me), 3m,p (R = OMe), and 4m,p (R = NMe2) was investigated in toluene and DMF. The singlet charge-transfer (CT) states were observed in all cases. The decay rates were found to be faster in DMF (tau = 6.5 ps to 100 ps) than those in toluene (tau = 190 ps to 7 ns). The long-lived triplet CT states were observed in toluene for 3 (ca. 10% contribution, tau = 670 ns for 3m, 240 ns for 3p). No long-lived species were detected in DMF. The decay rates were somewhat faster in the para-isomers than in the meta-isomers in most cases. The photolysis of 5 (p-phenylene extended analogue of 3, R = OMe) gave a singlet CT state and a locally excited triplet state on the naphthalimide chromophore.

Construction of a photoactive supramolecular system based on a platinum(II) bis-acetylide building block incorporated into a ruthenium(II) polypyridyl complex.

A new ruthenium(ii) polypyridyl-platinum(ii) diethynyl triad containing 3-ethynylphenanthroline linked by platinum(ii) bis-tributylphosphine organometallics, Ru(ii)-Pt(ii)-Ru(ii), and platinum(ii) bis-ethynylphenanthroline complex has been prepared. The ruthenium(ii)-metal triads, Ru(ii)-M-Ru(ii) (M = Pt(ii) and Au(i)), showed typical MLCT absorption bands and a lowest energy pi-pi* absorption involved with the metal perturbation in the 350-500 nm region. Broad emission bands assignable to triplet MLCT transitions were definitely observed in the triads Ru(ii)-M-Ru(ii), while those of platinum(ii) and gold(i) bis-ethynylphenanthroline complexes displayed a phosphorescent band with vibronic progression assignable to the metal-perturbed triplet pi-pi*(C[triple bond]Cphen) transition, which means that the hybrid architecture constructed with Ru(ii) polypyridyl and metal bis-acetylide units converts a blue-green metal perturbed pi-pi* phosphorescence into an orange MLCT-based emission. The transient differential absorption spectra of ruthenium compounds showed the difference of the electron transfer process between [Ru(bipy)(phen)](PF(6))(2) and triads under the MLCT state. Photophysical data of the triad suggest an efficient energy transfer from the platinum bis-acetylide site to the ruthenium polypyridyl site followed by the supposed charge injection from a ruthenium center to the extended pi-conjugated phenanthroline under photo-excitation in this photoactive supramolecular system.