A novel heterobimetallic alkynyl-bridged complex, [Re(bpy)(CO)
3(C
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C-C
6H
4-C
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C)Fe(C
5Me
5)(dppe)],
1, and itsoxidized species, [Re(bpy)(CO)
3(C
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C-C
6H
4-C
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C)Fe(C
5Me
5)(dppe)][PF
6],
2, have been synthesized and theirX-ray crystal structures determined. A related vinylidene complex, [Re(bpy)(CO)
3(C
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C-C
6H
4-(H)C=C)Fe(C
5Me
5)(dppe)][PF
6],
3, has also been synthesized and characterized. The cyclic voltammogram of
1 shows aquasireversible reduction couple at -1.49 V (vs SCE), a fully reversible oxidation at -0.19 V, and a quasireversibleoxidation at +0.88 V. In accord with the electrochemical results, density-functional theory calculations on the hydrogen-substituted model complex Re(bpy)(CO)
3(C
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C-C
6H
4-C
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C)Fe(C
5H
5)(dHpe) (Cp = C
5H
5, dHpe = H
2P-(CH
2)
2-PH
2) (
1-H) show that the LUMO is mainly bipyridine ligand
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* in character while the HOMO is largely iron(II)d orbital in character. The electronic absorption spectrum of
1 shows low-energy absorption at 390 nm with a420 nm shoulder in CH
2Cl
2, while that of
2 exhibits less intense low-energy bands at 432 and 474 nm and additionallow-energy bands in the NIR at ca. 830, 1389, and 1773 nm. Unlike the related luminescent rhenium(I)-alkynylcomplex [Re(bpy)(CO)
3(C
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C-C
6H
4-C
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C-H)],
4, complex
1 is found to be nonemissive, and such a phenomenonis attributed to an intramolecular quenching of the emissive d
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(Re)
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*(bpy)
3MLCT state by the low-lying MLCTand LF excited states of the iron moiety. Interestingly, switching on of the luminescence property derived from thed
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(Re)
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*(bpy)
3MLCT state can be demonstrated in the oxidized species
2 and the related vinylidene analogue
3 due to the absence of the quenching pathway.