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Inorg Chem. 2002 Apr 08;41(7):1755-60. doi: 10.1021/ic010680m.

Excited-state distortions determined from structured luminescence of nitridorhenium(V) complexes.

Inorganic chemistry

Susan E Bailey, Rebecca A Eikey, Mahdi M Abu-Omar, Jeffrey I Zink

Affiliations

  1. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA.

PMID: 11925166 DOI: 10.1021/ic010680m

Abstract

The nitridorhenium(V) complexes ReNCl(2)(PCy3)(2) (1), ReNBr(2)(PCy3)(2) (2), ReNCl(2)(PPh3)(2) (3), and ReNBr(2)(PPh3)(2) (4) produce structured emission spectra upon excitation at low temperature. The origin, E(00), occurs at 15 775, 16 375, 15 875, and 16 300 cm(-1), respectively. The vibronic peaks are regularly spaced with an average energy separation corresponding to the Re triple bond N stretching frequency. The nitridorhenium stretching frequency ranges from 1095 to 1101 cm(-1), as determined by Raman and IR spectroscopy. The excited-state distortions are calculated by fitting the emission spectra. The excited state arises primarily from a d(xy) (ReN nonbonding) to d(yz) (ReN pi antibonding) transition. The rhenium-nitrogen bond length in the excited state is 0.08 A longer than in the ground electronic state, which is consistent with the difference in bond lengths of ReN bonds of bond order 3 and bond order 2.5 as determined from molecular structures.

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