Synthesis and Spectroscopic Properties of 1,2-Diiminetricarbonylrhenium( I)chloride Complexes with Aliphatic Diimines (or 1,4-Diaza-1,3-butadienes) as Ligands

Abstract

Re(1,2-diimine)(CO)3Cl complexes with the aliphatic bidentate ligands diiminosuccinodinitrile (DISN), benzilbisanile (BEAN), bisacetylbisanile (BABA), and benzildiimine (BEDIM) are reported. The compounds show Re(I) to π*(diimine) metal-to-ligand charge transfer (MLCT) absorptions in the visible spectral region. The energy of these MLCT-transitions decreases in the series BABA > BEDIM > BEAN > DISN, depending on the π* acceptor properties of the coordinated diimine ligands. The maxima of these CT bands undergo a solvent-dependent shift (negative solvatochromism), which indicates a partial charge redistribution in the excited state. The compounds are not photoluminescent at room temperature and 77 K.