Gold Complexes with Tridentate Cyclometalating and NHC Ligands: A Search for New Photoluminescent Gold (III) Compounds

…, C Bronner, P Dechambenoit, OS Wenger

Index: Herbst, Annika; Bronner, Catherine; Dechambenoit, Pierre; Wenger, Oliver S. Organometallics, 2013 , vol. 32, # 6 p. 1807 - 1814

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Abstract

Many square-planar Pt (II) complexes are strongly photoluminescent, particularly when they contain cyclometalating and/or NHC ligands which produce strong ligand fields. In this work we investigated the possibility of obtaining isoelectronic Au (III) complexes with favorable luminescence properties. Toward this end, the coordination chemistry of gold with three different (potentially) tridentate ligands was explored: 1, 3-bis (1-hexyl-2′-benzimidazoyl) ...