Outstanding luminescence from neutral copper(i) complexes with pyridyl-tetrazolate and phosphine ligands

• DOI: 10.1039/c3cc42280a
• Publication Date: 2013-04-24T10:03:00Z
• Authors: Larissa Bergmann; Jana Friedrichs; Mathias Mydlak; Thomas Baumann; Martin Nieger; Stefan Bräse
• Keywords: Cationic polymerization

Strongly luminescent, neutral copper(I) complexes bearing 5-(2-pyridyl)tetrazolate and various phosphine ligands were synthesized. While the cationic precursors 1b-4b do not exceed photoluminescence quantum yields (PLQY) of 4-46%, 1a-4a show PLQYs up to 89%.