The synthesis of a range of rhodium(iii) and iridium(iii) half sandwich complexes with aryl dithiolato ligands of varying geometry and flexibility are reported. These include dinuclear [Cp*M(S-R-S)]2 complexes 3b and 4b, M = Rh, Ir; S-R-S = naphthalene-1,8-dithiolate (b) and four dinuclear complexes bearing bridging dithiolate ligands [(Cp*M)2(μ2-Cl)(μ2-S-R-S)]Cl 3c, 4c, 5b, 6b, M = Rh, Ir; S-R...

A series of half-sandwich cyclopentadienyl rhodium(III) and iridium(III) complexes of the type [Cp*M(curc/bdcurc)Cl] and [Cp*M(curc/bdcurc)(PTA)][SO3CF3], in which Cp* = pentamethylcyclopentadienyl, curcH = curcumin and bdcurcH = bisdemethoxycurcumin as O^O-chelating ligands, and PTA = 1,3,5-triaza-7-phosphaadamantane, is described. The X-ray crystal structures of three of the complexes, i.e. [...

The synthesis and photophysical characterization of a new family of luminescent water-soluble ionic iridium(iii) complexes of the general formula [(ppy)2Ir(bpy)]X are reported. The Ir(iii) complexes incorporate a cyclometalated 2-phenylpyridine (ppy), the ancillary ligand 2,2'-bipyridyl (bpy) and different counterions (X- = EtO-, OH-, EtOCH2CO2-, MeOCH2CO2-). These complexes were obtained start...

Anionic NHC ligands recently developed in our group, derived from N-iminoimidazolium ylides, were used to synthesize NHC-iridium(III) complexes. Their catalytic activities evaluated the amine alkylation of anilines using borrowing hydrogen catalysis. The high-yielding synthesis a small library complexes allowed rapid screening ideal steric bulk unit and basicity anionic tether for investigated ...

Metalation of novel ditriazolium salts containing a trimethylene (-CH2CH2CH2-) or dimethylether linker (-CH2OCH2-) was probed with different rhodium(iii) and iridium(iii) precursors. When using [MCp*Cl2]2, a transmetalation protocol via a triazolylidene silver intermediate was effective, while base-assisted metalation with MCl3via sequential deprotonation of the triazolium salt with KOtBu and a...

A series of luminescent iridium(iii) complexes were synthesised and evaluated for their ability to act as luminescent G-quadruplex-selective probes. The iridium(iii) complex 9 [Ir(pbi)2(5,5-dmbpy)]PF6 (where pbi = 2-phenyl-1H-benzo[d]imidazole; 5,5-dmbpy = 5,5'-dimethyl-2,2'-bipyridine) exhibited high luminescence for G-quadruplex DNA compared to dsDNA and ssDNA, and was employed to construct a...

Herein, we report two new cationic iridium(III) homodinuclear structures linked through a diyne moiety at the 5-position of the bipyridyl ligand (1,4-di(2,2'-bipyridin-5-yl)buta-1,3-diyne) and compare these to mononuclear model systems bearing a 5-ethynyl-2,2'-bipyridine ligand. Low energy bands observed in the absorption spectra point to charge-transfer transitions for all four complexes, with...

Carbon dioxide (CO2), an economical, safe, environmentally friendly, and renewable carbon source, is an ideal one-carbon building block for organic chemicals, including carbohydrates and fuels. However, its thermodynamic and kinetic stability presents a fundamental obstacle to the use of CO2 in both academia and industry. High-energy reagents, harsh reaction conditions, and special activation m...