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Chemistry. 2016 May 17;22(21):7115-26. doi: 10.1002/chem.201600476. Epub 2016 Apr 08.

Early-Late Heterometallic Complexes of Gold and Zirconium: Photoluminescence and Reactivity.

Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)

Sebastian Bestgen, Christoph Schoo, Christina Zovko, Ralf Köppe, Rory P Kelly, Sergei Lebedkin, Manfred M Kappes, Peter W Roesky

Affiliations

  1. Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Engesserstraße 15, 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany.
  2. Institute of Physical Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Fritz-Haber Weg 2, 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany.
  3. Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany.
  4. Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Engesserstraße 15, 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany. [email protected].

PMID: 27062296 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201600476

Abstract

OH functionalized triarylphosphines were used to assemble zirconocene-based metalloligands with phosphine donor sites in varying positions. These complexes were subsequently treated with different gold precursors to obtain early-late heterometallic compounds in which the metal atoms exhibit different intermetallic distances. All compounds were fully investigated by spectroscopic techniques, photoluminescence measurements and single crystal X-ray diffraction. Quantum chemical calculations were also performed. Some compounds show bright emission even at room temperature with quantum yields of up to 19 % (excitation at 350 nm). Furthermore, the reactivity of dimethyl zirconocene derivatives towards gold complexes was investigated, revealing simultaneous ligand exchange and transmetallation reactions.

© 2016 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.

Keywords: early-late; gold; heterobimetallic; luminescence; zirconium

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