A new series of cyclometalated iridium(III) complexes with isocyanoborate ligands [Ir(R2ppy)2(L)(CNBR'3)] (R = H or F; L = CNC6H4Cl-4 or PPh3; R' = Ph, C6F5 or C6H4Cl-4), [Ir(biqb)(ppy)(CNBR''3)] (R'' = C6F5 or C6H4Cl-4) and {Ir(ppy)2(CN)n[CNB(C6F5)3]2-n}(-) (n = 0 or 1) have been synthesized and characterized. Three of these complexes have also been structurally characterized by X-ray crystall...

Rhodium(III) complexes rarely display strong phosphorescence, in contrast to well-known iridium(III) complexes with cyclometallating ligands. This study shows how 1,3-bis(1-isoquinolyl)benzene cyclometallates to Rh(III) through N^C^N-coordination to give complexes with unprecedented phosphorescence quantum yields at room temperature. Their highly emissive Ir(III) analogues are also described.

Both neutral and cationic iridium(III) complexes containing carborane units were synthesized. Bulky carboranes can significantly improve phosphorescence quantum yields of these complexes and the electronic effect of carboranes can evidently tune emission wavelengths of cationic complexes.

Herein we designed and synthesized a series of cationic iridium(III) complexes with a phenylbenzoimidazole-based cyclometalated ligand, containing different numbers of carbazole moieties from zero to three (complexes 1-4). The photophysical and electrochemical properties of this series have been systematically investigated. The complexes exhibit strong luminescence in both solution and in neat ...

Synthesis and characterization of four iridium(III)-octaethylporphyrins and a π-extended iridium(III)-benzoporphyrin are presented. Strong room-temperature phosphorescence was observed for all of the complexes with quantum yields of up to 30 %. Axial ligands were introduced to tune the photophysical properties and the solubility. Complexes bearing lipophilic ligands such as pyridine or N-(n-but...

The first reported combination of regioselective hydro-defluorination and a ligand exchange reaction during the syntheses of neutral iridium(III) complexes is presented. Surprisingly, loss of one fluorine atom per ligand combined with a complete ligand exchange reaction on the transition metal were jointly observed during a bridge-splitting and substitution reaction of two different dimeric iri...