A water-soluble cyclometalated iridium(iii) complex for pH sensing based on aggregation-induced enhanced phosphorescence.

Autor: Ohno, Keiji, Sakata, Tetuya, Shiiba, Machi, Nagasawa, Akira, Fujihara, Takashi
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Zdroj: Dalton Transactions: An International Journal of Inorganic Chemistry; 6/21/2019, Vol. 48 Issue 23, p8068-8075, 8p
Abstrakt: The novel water-soluble monoanionic Ir(iii) complex Na[Ir(ppy)2(SB-COO)] (2; Hppy = phenylpyridine; HSB-COOH = 4-carboxylanilinesalicylaldehyde Schiff base), which was obtained by the reaction of the novel Ir(iii) complex [Ir(ppy)2(SB-COOH)] (1) with NaOEt, in its aqueous solution, showed hydrogen ion (H+)-responsive aggregation-induced enhanced phosphorescence (AIEP). Both these complexes exhibited very weak and relatively strong emissions in solution and solid states, respectively. The pH-responsiveness of 2 was evaluated from its emission spectra in aqueous solution in the pH range of 8.7–1.8. Above pH 6, 2 showed weak emission with a maximum at 508 nm. Upon decreasing the pH to 4.7, AIEP with a bathochromic shift to 618 nm was induced by the aggregation of 1, whereby the intensity at 618 nm was increased approximately by 50-fold compared to that at pH 6.0. This enhancement is due to restrictions of the geometrical changes in the six-membered chelate ring of the ancillary ligand (Ir–N–C–C–C–O–) and of the intramolecular rotations in the excited state. The enhanced luminescence originates from spin-forbidden metal-to-ligand–ligand charge transfer (3MLLCT). Below pH 2.8, the emission intensity decreased owing to the decrease in the population of the emissive complex 1 upon dissociation of the ancillary ligand from the Ir(ppy)2 unit. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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