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A Simple Approach to Room Temperature Phosphorescent Allenylidene Complexes†

  1. Dr. Florian Kessler1,
  2. Basile F. E. Curchod2,
  3. Dr. Ivano Tavernelli2,
  4. Prof. Ursula Rothlisberger2,
  5. Dr. Rosario Scopelliti1,
  6. Dr. Davide Di Censo1,
  7. Prof. Michael Grätzel1,
  8. Dr. Md. Khaja Nazeeruddin1,*,
  9. Dr. Etienne Baranoff3,*

Article first published online: 29 JUN 2012

DOI: 10.1002/anie.201203329

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Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Volume 51, Issue 32, pages 8030–8033, August 6, 2012

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Kessler, F., Curchod, B. F. E., Tavernelli, I., Rothlisberger, U., Scopelliti, R., Di Censo, D., Grätzel, M., Nazeeruddin, Md. K. and Baranoff, E. (2012), A Simple Approach to Room Temperature Phosphorescent Allenylidene Complexes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 51: 8030–8033. doi: 10.1002/anie.201203329

Author Information

  1. 1

    Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne (Switzerland)

  2. 2

    Laboratory of Computational Chemistry and Biochemistry, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne (Switzerland)

  3. 3

    School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT (UK)

*Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne (Switzerland)

  1. †

    We acknowledge financial support of this work by the European Union (CELLO, STRP 248043) and the Swiss National Science Foundation (NCCR-MUST interdisciplinary research program).

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 1 AUG 2012
  2. Article first published online: 29 JUN 2012
  3. Manuscript Received: 30 APR 2012

Funded by

  • European Union. Grant Number: STRP 248043
  • Swiss National Science Foundation

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Keywords:

  • alkynyl complexes;
  • allenylidene complexes;
  • carbenes;
  • cumulenes;
  • phosphorescent iridium complexes
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A warm (blue) glow: A stable bis-cyclometalated iridium(III) allenylidene complex is prepared from a bis-cyclometalated iridium(III) complex (see scheme). This strategy gives the first allenylidene complex that is phosphorescent at room temperature.

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