화학공학소재연구정보센터
Inorganic Chemistry, Vol.58, No.2, 1081-1090, 2019
Counteranion-Triggered and Excitation-Dependent Chemopalette Effect in a Supramolecular Dual-Emissive System Based on Cu(3)Pz(3)
Three Cu(3)Pz(3)-based isostructural complexes (Cu3L3)(2)(CuX)(2) (labeled as 1-ClO4, 1-NO3, and 1-Br, where X = ClO4-, NO3-, and Br-, respectively) were prepared by solvothermal reactions of an angular bifunctional pyridyl-pyrazole ligand, 4-(pyridin-4'-ylthio)-3,5-dimethy1-1H-pyrazole (HL), with Cu(ClO4)(2), Cu(NO3)(2), and CuBr, respectively. Pyrazolate (Pz) groups are highly specific to form planar trinuclear Cu(3)Pz(3) units. Two Cu3L3 units are further connected by two CuX units through Npy Cu Np (Py = 4-pyridyl) bonds to form an octanuclear chairlike molecule (Cu3L3)(2)(CuX)(2), which then self-assembles through intertrimeric cuprophilicity to construct chainlike supraaggregates featuring two luminophores, [Cu(3)Pz(3)](2) and CuPy2X. With different counteranions (ClO4-, NO3-, and Br-), the complexes give off various emissions from red to green upon UV irradiation. 1-ClO4 and 1-NO3 show only low-energy (LE) orange (lambda(max)(em) = 585 nm) and red (lambda(max)(em) = 640 nm) emissions, while 1-Br exhibits excitation-dependent (260-360 nm) emissions from yellow to green due to variation in the relative intensities of two resolvable emissions, high energy (HE, lambda(max)(em) = 520 nm) and LE (Pe: = 630 nm). The dual emissions are assigned to 3CC (LE states) based on excimeric [Cu(3)Pz(3)](2) units and 3XLCT/3MLCT (HE states) based on CuPy2X units. This work realizes a chemopalette effect through regulations of the counteranion and excitation energy in a dual-emissive system. It provides valuable insights into the nature of dual-emissive materials and the further investigation of the photophysical mechanism in such a system.