Indexed by:期刊论文

Date of Publication:2014-09-21

Journal:DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Included Journals:EI、PubMed、SCIE、Scopus

Volume:43

Issue:35

Page Number:13434-13444

ISSN No.:1477-9226

Abstract:Two (NN)-N-boolean AND Pt(II) bis(acetylide) complexes Pt-1 and Pt-2 with regioisomeric amino NI acetylide ligands (L-1 and L-2, L-1 = 5-amino-4-ethylnaphthaleneimide; L-2 = 3-amino-4-ethylnaphthaleneimide) were prepared. The photophysical properties of the complexes were studied by steady state and time-resolved spectroscopy. The two complexes with regioisomeric ligands (Pt-1 and Pt-2) show different photophysical properties such as maximal absorption wavelength (485 nm vs. 465 nm), triplet excited state lifetimes (23.7 mu s vs. 0.9 mu s), and different solvent-polarity dependences of the emission properties. The absorption of the complexes is red-shifted as compared with the previously reported Pt(II) complex containing the 4-ethylnaphthaleneimide ligand. The two complexes with regioisomeric NI ligands were used as triplet photosensitizers for triplet-triplet annihilation (TTA) upconversion; drastically different upconversion quantum yields (15.0% vs. 1.1%) were observed. Our results are useful for designing new visible light-harvesting Pt(II) bisacetylide complexes as triplet photosensitizers which can be used in areas such as photocatalysis, photodynamic therapy and TTA upconversion.