The new class of homo- and heteroleptic n-butyl-N,N'-disubstituted amidinato group 14 metal(II) complexes were prepared by salt elimination from starting lithium amidinates and metal(II) chlorides both in stoichiometric ratio 2:1 and 1:1, respectively. The target amidinates contain less bulky isopropyl or cyclohexyl as well as a sterically demanding aromatic substituent. Desired 1:1 Pb(II) comp...

Herein we report the synthesis and photophysical study of tris-heteroleptic complexes of the general formula IrLL'(acac), where L and L' are two differently substituted 2-phenylpyridines (ppyH) and acacH is 2,4-pentanedione, using a combinatorial approach that could be employed for many ligand combinations. The tris-heteroleptic complexes and the analogous bis-heteroleptic complexes of the form...

Two series of heteroleptic cyclometalated platinum(II) complexes [(C(n)Oppy)Pt(acac) and (C(n)OFppy)Pt(acac)] have been prepared. Their liquid-crystal and optophysical properties were studied, in which C(n)Oppy is 2-(4-alkoxyphenyl)-5-(alkoxymethyl)pyridine and C(n)OFppy is 2-(3-fluoro-4-alkoxyphenyl)-5-(alkoxymethyl)pyridine. Only the heteroleptic cyclometalated platinum(II) complexes (n = 12 ...

Control over the integrative self-sorting of metallo-supramolecular assemblies opens up possibilities for introducing increased complexity and function into a single self-assembled architecture. Herein, the relationship between the geometry of three ligand components and morphology of three self-sorted heteroleptic [Pd2 L2 L'2 ]4+ cages is examined. Pd-mediated assembly of two bis-monodentate p...

X- and Q-band EPR and ENDOR spectroscopy was used to study the structure of a series of heteroleptic and homoleptic copper bis(oxazoline) complexes, based on the (-)-2,2'-isopropylidenebis[(4S)-4-phenyl-2-oxazoline] ligand and bearing different counterions (chloride versus triflate); labelled [Cu(II)(1a-c)]. The geometry of the two heteroleptic complexes, [Cu(II)(1a)] and [Cu(II)(1c)], depended...

Xand Q-band EPR and ENDOR spectroscopy was used to study the structure of a series of heteroleptic and homoleptic copper bis(oxazoline) complexes, based on the (−)-2,2′-isopropylidenebis[(4S)-4-phenyl2-oxazoline] ligand and bearing different counterions (chloride versus triflate); labelled [Cu(1a–c)]. The geometry of the two heteroleptic complexes, [Cu(1a)] and [Cu(1c)], depended on the choice ...

IN T RODUC T ION Synthesis and characterization of cyclometalated iridium (III) complexes in organic light emitting display (OLED) applications is of great interest, as these complexes display high emission quantum yields and can be readily colortuned through systematic modification of the ligands using facile syntheses. Depending on the types of ligands surrounding the central iridium atom, th...

Reaction of metal-free N-confused 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(4-chlorophenyl)porphyrin (H2NTClPP) with metal-free 5,10,15,20-tetrakis[(4-tert-butyl)phenyl]porphyrin (H2TBPP) in the presence of M(III)(acac)3·nH2O (acac = acetylacetonate) in refluxing 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene (TCB) led to the isolation of heteroleptic bis(porphyrinato) rare earth compounds M(III)(HNTClPP)(TBPP) (M = La, Pr) (1, 2) in 6.7-1...

A new heteroleptic ethyl-zinc complex stabilized by a chelating bis(morpholinomethyl)phenoxy ligand has been synthesised and shown to be a highly potent initiator for the immortal ring-opening polymerisation (ROP) of lactide and beta-butyrolactone, being able to convert up to 50,000 equiv. of monomer in the presence of up to 1000 equiv. of an alcohol as transfer agent. Two related heteroleptic ...