Abstract
Tris(2,2′-bipyridyl)ruthenium(II) dichloride [Ru(bpy)3Cl2] and analogous complexes have been studied extensively in the literature due to their luminescent and photochemical properties as well as their excited-state lifetimes. Conducting polymers with similar ruthenium groups have also been investigated for various applications. In this study, syntheses of four ruthenium complexes with a polymerizable tridentate ligand, bis[4-[2-(3,4-diethylenedioxy)thiophene]pyrazol-1-yl]pyridine (EDOT2NNN), and with bidentate ligands, two of which were anionic (hfac: 1,1,1,5,5,5-hexafluoro-2,4-pentanedione; dbm: dibenzoylmethane) and two of which were neutral (bpy: 2,2′-bipyridyl; phen: 1,10-phenanthroline), were achieved for potential OLED/PLED applications. Saturated CH2Cl2 solutions of monomers were oxidatively and electrochemically polymerized, and the scan rate dependences of the polymers were measured. UV–vis spectroscopic characterizations of the complexes and the EDOT-functionalized ligand were obtained. [Ru(EDO...
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