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Competing dynamics of intramolecular deactivation and bimolecular charge transfer processes in luminescent Fe(iii) N-heterocyclic carbene complexes

Steady state and ultrafast spectroscopy on [Fe(III)(phtmeimb)(2)]PF(6) (phtmeimb = phenyl(tris(3-methylimidazol-2-ylidene))borate) was performed over a broad range of temperatures. The intramolecular deactivation dynamics of the luminescent doublet ligand-to-metal charge-transfer ((2)LMCT) state was...

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Autores principales: Rosemann, Nils W., Lindh, Linnea, Bolaño Losada, Iria, Kaufhold, Simon, Prakash, Om, Ilic, Aleksandra, Schwarz, Jesper, Wärnmark, Kenneth, Chábera, Pavel, Yartsev, Arkady, Persson, Petter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society of Chemistry 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10056060/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37006696
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d2sc05357h
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Sumario:Steady state and ultrafast spectroscopy on [Fe(III)(phtmeimb)(2)]PF(6) (phtmeimb = phenyl(tris(3-methylimidazol-2-ylidene))borate) was performed over a broad range of temperatures. The intramolecular deactivation dynamics of the luminescent doublet ligand-to-metal charge-transfer ((2)LMCT) state was established based on Arrhenius analysis, indicating the direct deactivation of the (2)LMCT state to the doublet ground state as a key limitation to the lifetime. In selected solvent environments photoinduced disproportionation generating short-lived Fe(iv) and Fe(ii) complex pairs that subsequently undergo bimolecular recombination was observed. The forward charge separation process is found to be temperature-independent with a rate of ∼1 ps(−1). Subsequent charge recombination takes place in the inverted Marcus region with an effective barrier of 60 meV (483 cm(−1)). Overall, the photoinduced intermolecular charge separation efficiently outcompetes the intramolecular deactivation over a broad range of temperatures, highlighting the potential of [Fe(III)(phtmeimb)(2)]PF(6) to perform photocatalytic bimolecular reactions.