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Keywords:

  • Group 12 metal complexes;
  • 2,2′-Bipyridine;
  • Solid-state structures;
  • Luminescence

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Abstract

Four d10 group 12 metal complexes, 6-(2-methoxyphenyl)-2,2′-bipyridinezinc dichloride (2a), -mercury dichloride (2b), 6-[2-(dimethylamino)phenyl]-2,2′-bipyridinezinc dichloride (2c), and -mercury dichloride (2d), were synthesized and the structures determined by single-crystal X-ray crystallography. Complexes 2a and 2b are four-coordinate and adopt a distorted tetrahedral geometry, while complexes 2c and 2d are five-coordinate with a distorted trigonal bipyramidal geometry for the metal center. Luminescent properties of complexes 2a2d in both solution and the solid state were studied. (© Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2006)