Analyst (Cambridge UK) 2011-08-07

Green chemiluminescence from a bis-cyclometalated iridium(III) complex with an ancillary bathophenanthroline disulfonate ligand.

Elizabeth M Zammit, Neil W Barnett, Luke C Henderson, Gail A Dyson, Ming Zhou, Paul S Francis

Index: Analyst 136(15) , 3069-72, (2011)

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Abstract

The reaction of a fluorinated iridium complex with cerium(IV) and organic reducing agents generates an intense emission with a significant hypsochromic shift compared to contemporary chemically-initiated luminescence from metal complexes.