In this study, a series of novel lumines
cent
cy
clometalated Ir(III)
complexes has been synthesizedand evaluated for use in unimole
cular oxygen-sensing materials. The
complexes Ir(C6)
2(va
ca
c),
1, Ir(ppy)
2(va
ca
c),
2,
fac-Ir(ppy)
2(vppy),
3, and
mer-Ir(ppy)
2(vppy),
4, where C6 = Coumarin 6, va
ca
c = allyla
cetoa
cetate, ppy = 2-phenylpyridine, and vppy = 2-(4-vinylphenyl)pyridine, all have pendent vinyl or allyl groupsfor polymer atta
chment via the hydrosilation rea
ction. These luminophore
complexes were
chara
cterizedby NMR, absorption, and emission spe
ctros
copy, lumines
cen
ce lifetime and quantum yield measurements,elemental analysis, and
cy
cli
c voltammetry. Complex
1 was stru
cturally
chara
cterized using X-ray
crystallography, and a series of 1-D (
1H,
13C) and 2-D (
1H-
1H,
1H-
13C) NMR experiments were used toresolve the solution stru
cture of
4. Complexes
1 and
3 displayed the longest lumines
cen
ce lifetimes andlargest quantum effi
cien
cies in solution (
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s,
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chars/phi.gif" BORDER=0 > = 0.22 for
1;
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s,
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chars/phi.gif" BORDER=0 > = 0.2 for
3) and, as result,are the most promising
candidates for future lumines
cen
ce-quen
ching-based oxygen-sensing studies.