Study of Molecular Structures and Properties of Europium(III) Complexes with Phosphine Oxides by NMR Analysis

Abstract

The 31P-NMR spectra of europium complexes with β-diketones and phosphine oxides in CDCl3, DMSO-d6, toluene-d8 with dissolved fluorinated polymers, and fluorinated solvent were investigated as well as the temperature dependence of these spectra. When a mixture of europium complex 1 and 1.0 molar equivalent of trioctylphosphine oxide and triphenylphosphine oxide was dissolved in a fluorinated solvent, europium complex 2 with two types of phosphine oxides was formed at room temperature. In CDCl3 and toluene-d8 solutions, however, this complex was identified only at low temperatures. This difference is thought to be due to the differences in the speed of ligand exchanges. In DMSO-d6 solution, no signal corresponding to the europium complex with phosphine oxides was observed. This implies that the major portion of phosphine oxides is not coordinated with europium ions in DMSO-d6 solution. The fluorescence intensity of each europium complex in a solvent was correlated to the solvent and the 31P-NMR spectrum. It was found that the fluorescence intensity was the highest in the fluorinated solvent.