An Insight of the Results Provided by Color-Tuning Studies Made on Ir(III) Complexes: A pi-Neutral CF3Group Viewed by Adjusting Energies of pi-type Molecular Orbitals

Autor: Fu Yung Huang, Hung Sung Lin, Shou Yun Lu, Shao-Pin Wang, Wei Lin Su, Yan Wu
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Journal of the Chinese Chemical Society. 62:939-943
ISSN: 0009-4536
DOI: 10.1002/jccs.201400271
Popis: The pi-nature of a CF3 group can be understood through analysis of its bond orbitals (BOs) mixed into the pi-type molecular orbitals of CF3-substituted Ir(ppy)2MDPA+ complexes (ppy=2-phenyl-pyridine and MDPA=methylated 2,2′-dipyridyl amine). It has been found that, through this natural bond orbital analysis, the parent’s molecular orbitals (MOs) can be stabilized by χρ*CF BO via negative hyperconjugation and, simultaneously, destabilized by electron lp(F) BO. Since these two competing pi-effects are virtually counterbalanced as indicated by the vanishing values of crystal orbital overlap populations, the chemical substitution strategy originated from lowering of HOMO by using this electron-withdrawing CF3 group has been found effective in color-tuning to blue region. Based on reduced shielding effect due to de- creased χρ-electron density, the reported position dependent CF3-substitution effects on pi-type MOs can also be understood through HOMO/LUMO wavefunction analysis.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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