Abstract
Two pyrazoline- and one pyrrolidine-bridged Ru(II)bipyridine-[60]fullerene dyads have been prepared and studied by ultrafast time-resolved spectroscopy. A silver-assisted synthesis route, in which Ag(I) removes the chlorides from the precursor complex Ru(bpy)2Cl2 facilitates successful coordination of the [60]fullerene-substituted third ligand. Upon light excitation of the ruthenium moiety, the emission was strongly quenched by the fullerene. The main quenching mechanism is an exceptionally fast direct energy transfer (kobs > 1 × 1012 s-1 in the pyrazoline-bridged dyads), resulting in population of the lowest excited triplet state of fullerene. No evidence for electron transfer was found, despite the extraordinarily short donor-acceptor distance that could kinetically favor that process. The observations have implications on the ongoing development of devices built from Ru-polypyridyl complexes and nanostructured carbon, such as C60 or nanotubes.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 7286-7294 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Inorganic Chemistry |
Volume | 47 |
Issue number | 16 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Aug 18 2008 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
- Inorganic Chemistry