The (N4C2)2- Donor Set as Promising Motif for Bis(tridentate) Iron(II) Photoactive Compounds

Isabelle M. Dixon (1) , Fabienne Alary (1) , Martial Boggio-Pasqua (1) , Jean-Louis Heully (1)

1 PTC - Photochimie théorique et computationnelle (LCPQ)

Iron(II) bis(1,3-di-2-pyridylbenzene) is shown by DFT and TDDFT to display promising photophysical properties by comparison to Fe(tpy)22+. No tendency toward thermal or photochemical ligand loss is expected for the bis(cyclometalated) compound.

Isabelle M. Dixon, Fabienne Alary, Martial Boggio-Pasqua, Jean-Louis Heully. The (N4C2)2- Donor Set as Promising Motif for Bis(tridentate) Iron(II) Photoactive Compounds. Inorganic Chemistry, 2013, 52 (23), pp.13369-13374. ⟨10.1021/ic402453p⟩. ⟨hal-00913203⟩