Molecules (Mar 2021)

Unprecedented Coordination-Induced Bright Red Emission from Group 12 Metal-Bound Triarylazoimidazoles

  • Artyom A. Astafiev,
  • Olga V. Repina,
  • Boris S. Tupertsev,
  • Alexey A. Nazarov,
  • Maria R. Gonchar,
  • Anna V. Vologzhanina,
  • Valentine G. Nenajdenko,
  • Andreii S. Kritchenkov,
  • Victor N. Khrustalev,
  • Victor N. Nadtochenko,
  • Alexander G. Tskhovrebov

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26061739
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 26, no. 6
p. 1739

Abstract

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Arylazoimidazoles are important dyes which were intensively studied in the past. In contrast, triarylazoimidazoles (derivatives which carry aryl substituents at the imidazole core) received almost no attention in the scientific literature. Here, we report a new family of simple and easily accessible triarylazoimidazole-group 12 metal complexes, which feature highly efficient photo-luminescence emission (Φ up to 0.44). Novel compounds exhibit bright red emission in solution, which could be excited with a visible light.

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