Abstract
The bis(pyridylimino)isoindoline (BPI) ligand is a tridentate chelate that binds to metals via a meridional coordination mode. However, when this ligand forms a complex with Re(CO)3, an almost exclusively facial moiety, the BPI ligand deforms to coordinate in a facial mode. We have investigated this deformation via structural and theoretical means, and the non-planar binding mode of the ligand bathochromically shifts the metal to ligand charge transfer (MLCT) transition.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 121331 |
Journal | Journal of Organometallic Chemistry |
Volume | 919 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 15 2020 |
Externally published | Yes |
Funding
CJZ and RSH acknowledge the National Institutes of Health ( 1R15GM119030 ) for support of this research.
Keywords
- Bis(pyridylimino)isoindoline
- DFT/TDDFT calculations
- Rhenium tricarbonyl
- Transition metal geometry
- X-ray crystallography