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Martin Jarenmark

Martin Jarenmark

Research engineer

Martin Jarenmark

Excited State Dynamics of Bistridentate and Trisbidentate RuII Complexes of Quinoline-Pyrazole Ligands

Author

  • Lisa Fredin
  • Joachim Hedberg Wallenstein
  • Elin Sundin
  • Martin Jarenmark
  • Deise F. Barbosa de Mattos
  • Petter Persson
  • Maria Abrahamsson

Summary, in English

Three homoleptic ruthenium(II) complexes, [Ru(Q3PzH)3]2+, [Ru(Q1Pz)3]2+, and [Ru(DQPz)2]2+, based on the quinoline–pyrazole ligands, Q3PzH (8-(3-pyrazole)-quinoline), Q1Pz (8-(1-pyrazole)-quinoline), and DQPz (bis(quinolinyl)-1,3-pyrazole), have been spectroscopically and theoretically investigated. Spectral component analysis, transient absorption spectroscopy, density functional theory calculations, and ligand exchange reactions with different chlorination agents reveal that the excited state dynamics for Ru(II) complexes with these biheteroaromatic ligands differ significantly from that of traditional polypyridyl complexes. Despite the high energy and low reorganization energy of the excited state, nonradiative decay dominates even at liquid nitrogen temperatures, where triplet metal-to-ligand-charge-transfer emission quantum yields range from 0.7 to 3.8%, and microsecond excited state lifetimes are observed. In contrast to traditional polypyridyl complexes where ligand exchange is facilitated by expansion of the metal–ligand bonds to stabilize a metal-centered state, photoinduced ligand exchange occurs in the bidentate complexes despite no substantial MC state population, while the tridentate complex is extremely photostable despite an activated decay route, highlighting the versatile photochemistry of nonpolypyridine ligands.

Department/s

  • Lithosphere and Biosphere Science
  • Department of Chemistry
  • eSSENCE: The e-Science Collaboration
  • Computational Chemistry
  • NanoLund: Centre for Nanoscience

Publishing year

2019-12-04

Language

English

Pages

16354-16363

Publication/Series

Inorganic Chemistry

Volume

58

Issue

24

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

The American Chemical Society (ACS)

Topic

  • Theoretical Chemistry

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1520-510X