Synthese und photophysikalische Eigenschaften von lumineszierenden Rhodacyclopentadienen und Rhodium 2,2'-Biphenyl Komplexen

The photochemistry and photophysics of transition metal complexes are of great interest, since such materials can be exploited for a wide range of applications such as in photocatalysis, sensing and imaging, multiphoton-absorption materials and the fabrication of OLEDs. A full understanding of the excited state behavior of transition metal compounds is therefore important for the design of new materials for the applications mentioned above. In principle, the luminescence properties of this class of compounds can be tuned by changing the metal or subtle changes in the ligand environment. Furthermore, transition-metal complexes continue to play a major role in modern synthetic chemistry. In particular, they can realize selective transformations that would either be difficult or impossible by conventional organic chemistry. For example, they enable the efficient and selective formation of carbon–carbon bonds. One famous example of these types of transformations are metal-catalyzed cyclization reactions. Herein, metallacyclopentadiene complexes are considered as key intermediates in a number of metal-mediated or -catalyzed cyclization reactions, i.e. the [2+2+2] cyclotrimerization of alkynes. Recent research has focused on the synthesis and characterization of these metallacyclic intermediates such as MC4 ring systems. Metallacyclopentadienes are structurally related to main group EC4 systems such as boroles, siloles, thiophenes and phospholes. Overall, this group of compounds (EC4 analogues) is well known and has attracted significant attention due to their electron-transport and optical properties. Unlike transition metal analogues, however, these EC4 systems show no phosphorescence, which is due to inefficient SOC compared to 2nd and 3rd row transition metals, which promoted us to explore the phosphorescence potential of metallacyclopentadienes. In 2001, Marder et al. developed a one-pot high-yield synthesis of luminescent 2,5 bis(arylethynyl)rhodacyclopentadienes by reductive coupling of 1,4-diarylbuta-1,3-diynes at a suitable rhodium(I) precursor. Over the past years, a variety of ligands (e.g. TMSA, S,S’ diethyldithiocarbamate, etc.) and 1,4-bis(p-R-phenyl)-1,3-butadiynes or linked , bis(p-R-arylethynyl)alkanes (R = electron withdrawing or donating groups) were investigated and always provided a selective formation of 2,5 bis(arylethynyl)rhodacyclopentadienes, which were reported to be fluorescent despite presence of the heavy atom. To examine the influence of the ligand sphere around the rhodium center on the intersystem-crossing (ISC) processes in the above-mentioned fluorescent rhodacyclopentadienes and to increase the metal character in the frontier orbitals by destabilizing the Rh filled d-orbitals, a -electron donating group was introduced, namely acetylacetonato (acac). Interestingly, in 2010 Tay reacted [Rh(κ2-O,O-acac)(PMe3)2] with ,-bis(p-R-arylbutadiynyl)alkanes and observed not only the fluorescent 2,5 bis(arylethynyl)rhodacyclopentadienes, but also rhodium 2,2’-bph complexes as products, which were reported to be phosphorescent in preliminary photophysical studies. In this work, the reaction behavior of [Rh(κ2-O,O-acac)(L)2] (L = PMe3, P(p-tolyl)3) with different ,-bis(p-R-arylbutadiynyl)alkanes was established. Furthermore, the separation of the two isomers 2,5-bis(arylethynyl)rhodacyclopentadienes (A) and rhodium 2,2’-bph complexes (B), and the photophysical properties of those were explored in order to clarify their fundamentally different excited state behaviors. Reactions of [Rh(κ2-O,O-acac)(P(p-tolyl3)2)] with ,-bis(arylbutadiynyl)alkanes gives exclusively weakly fluorescent 2,5-bis(arylethynyl)rhodacyclopentadienes. Changing the phosphine ligands to PMe3, reactions of [Rh(κ2-O,O-acac)(PMe3)2] and , bis(arylbutadiynyl)alkanes afford two isomeric types of MC4 metallacycles with very different photophysical properties, as mentioned before. As a result of a normal [2+2] reductive coupling at rhodium, 2,5 bis(arylethynyl)rhodacyclopentadienes (A) are formed, which display intense fluorescence. Rhodium 2,2’-bph complexes (B), which show phosphorescence, have been isolated as a second isomer originating from an unusual [4+2] cycloaddition reaction and a subsequent -H-shift. Control of the isomer distribution, of 2,5-bis(arylethynyl)rhodacyclopentadienes (A) and rhodium biphenyl complexes (B), is achieved by modification of the linked , bis(arylbutadiynyl)alkane. Changing the linker length from four CH2 to three CH2 groups, dramatically favors the formation of the rhodium biphenyl isomer B, providing a fundamentally new route to access photoactive metal biphenyl compounds in good yields. This is very exciting as the photophysical properties of only a limited number of bph complexes of Ir, Pd and Pt had been explored. The lack of photophysical reports in the literature is presumably due to the limited synthetic access to various substituted 2,2’-bph transition metal complexes. On the other hand, as the reaction of [Rh(κ2-O,O-acac)(P(p-tolyl)3)2] with , bis(arylbutadiynyl)alkanes provides a selective reaction to give weakly fluorescent 2,5 bis(arylethynyl)rhodacyclopentadiene complexes with P(p-tolyl)3 as phosphine ligands, a different synthetic access to 2,5-bis(arylethynyl)rhodacyclopentadiene complexes with PMe3 as phosphine ligands was developed, preventing the time-consuming separation of the isomers. The weak rhodium-phosphorus bonds of 2,5-bis(arylethynyl)rhodacyclopentadiene complexes bearing P(p tolyl)3 as phosphine ligands, relative to those of related PMe3 complexes, allowed for facile ligand exchange reactions. In the presence of an excess of PMe3, a stepwise reaction was observed, giving first the mono-substituted, mixed-phosphine rhodacyclopentadiene intermediates and, subsequently, full conversion to the highly fluorescent 2,5 bis(arylethynyl)-rhodacyclopentadienes bearing only PMe3 ligands (by increasing the reaction temperature). With spectroscopically pure 2,5-bis(arylethynyl)rhodacyclopentadiene complexes A (bearing PMe3 as phosphine ligands) and rhodium 2,2-bph complexes B in hand, photophysical studies were conducted. The 2,5-bis(arylethynyl)rhodacyclopentadienes (A) are highly fluorescent with high quantum yields up to 54% and very short lifetimes (τ = 0.2 – 2.5 ns) in solution at room temperature. Even at 77 K in glass matrices, no additional phosphorescence is observed which is in line with previous observations made by Steffen et al., who showed that SOC mediated by the heavy metal atom in 2,5-bis(arylethynyl)rhodacyclopentadienes and 2,5 bis(arylethynyl)iridacyclopentadienes is negligible. The origin of this fluorescence lies in the pure intra-ligand (IL) nature of the excited states S1 and T1. The HOMO and the LUMO are nearly pure and * ligand orbitals, respectively, and the HOMO is energetically well separated from the filled rhodium d orbitals. The absence of phosphorescence in transition metal complexes due to mainly IL character of the excited states is not unusual, even for heavier homologues than rhodium with greater SOC, resulting in residual S1 emission (fluorescence) despite ISC S1→Tn being sufficiently fast for population of T1 states. However, there are very few complexes that exhibit fluorescence with the efficiency displayed by our rhodacyclopentadienes, which involves exceptionally slow S1→Tn ISC on the timescale of nanoseconds rather than a few picoseconds or faster. In stark contrast, the 2,2’-bph rhodium complexes B are exclusively phosphorescent, as expected for 2nd-row transition metal complexes, and show long-lived (hundreds of s) phosphorescence (Ф = 0.01 – 0.33) at room temperature in solution. As no fluorescence is detected even at low temperature, it can be assumed that S1→Tn ISC must be faster than both fluorescence and non-radiative decay from the S1 state. This contrasts with the behavior of the isomeric 2,5-bis(arylethynyl)rhodacyclopentadienes for which unusually slow ISC occurs on a timescale that is competitive with fluorescence (vide supra). The very small values for the radiative rate constants, however, indicate that the nature of the T1 state is purely 3IL with weak SOC mediated by the Rh atom. The phosphorescence efficiency of these complexes in solution at room temperature is even more impressive, as non-radiative coupling of the excited state with the ground state typically inhibits phosphorescence. Instead, the rigidity of the organic -system allows the ligand-based excited triplet state to exist in solution for up to 646 s and to emit with high quantum yields for biphenyl complexes. The exceptionally long lifetimes and small radiative rate constants of the rhodium biphenyl complexes are presumably a result of the large conjugated -system of the organic ligand. According to TD DFT studies, the T1 state involves charge-transfer from the biphenyl ligand into the arylethynyl moiety away from the rhodium atom. This reduces the SOC of the metal center that would be necessary for fast phosphorescence. These results show that the π-chromophoric ligand can gain control over the photophysical excited state behavior to such an extent that even heavy transition metal atoms like rhodium participate in increasing the fluorescence such as main-group analogues do. Furthermore, in the 2,2’-bph rhodium complexes, the rigidity of the organic -system allows the ligand-based excited triplet state to exist in solution for up to hundreds of s and to emit with exceptional quantum yields. Therefore, investigations of the influence of the ligand sphere around the rhodium center have been made to modify the photophysical properties and furthermore to explore the reaction behavior of these rhodium complexes. Bearing in mind that the P(p-tolyl)3 ligands can easily be replaced by the stronger -donating PMe3 ligands, ligand exchange reactions with N heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) as even stronger -donors was investigated. Addition of two equivalents of NHCs at room temperature led to the release of one equivalent of P(p-tolyl3) and formation of the mono-substituted NHC rhodium complex. The reaction of isolated mono-NHC complex with another equivalent of NHC at room temperature did not result in the exchange of the second phosphine ligand. Moderate heating of the reaction to 60 °C, however, resulted in the formation of tetra-substituted NHC rhodium complex [Rh(nPr2Im)4]+[acac]-. To circumvent the loss of the other ligands in the experiments described above, a different approach was investigated to access rhodacyclopentadienes with NHC instead of phosphine ligands. Reaction of the bis-NHC complex [Rh(κ2-O,O-acac)(nPr2Im)2] with , bis(arylbutadiynyl)alkanes at room temperature resulted 2,5-bis(arylethynyl)-rhodacyclopentadienes with the NHC ligands being cis or trans to each other as indicated by NMR spectroscopic measurements and single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. Isolation of clean material and a fundamental photophysical study could not be finished for reasons of time within the scope of this work. Furthermore, shortening of the well conjugated -system of the chromophoric ligand (changing from tetraynes to diynes) was another strategy to examine the reaction behavior of theses ligands with rhodium(I) complexes and to modify the excited state behavior of the formed rhodacyclopentadienes. The reaction of [Rh(κ2-O,O-acac)(PMe3)2] with 1,7 diaryl 1,6-heptadiynes (diynes) leads to the selective formation of 2,5 bis(aryl)rhodacyclopentadienes. These compounds, however, are very weakly fluorescent with quantum yields ФPL < 1, and very short emission lifetimes in toluene at room temperature. Presumably, vibrational modes of the bis(phenyl)butadiene backbone leads to a higher rate constant for non-radiative decay and is thus responsible for the low quantum yields compared to their corresponding PMe3 complexes with the bis(phenylethynyl)butadiene backbone at room temperature. No additional phosphorescence, even at 77 K in the glass matrix is observed. Chancing the phosphine ligands to P(p-tolyl)3, reactions of [Rh(κ2-O,O-acac)(P(p-tolyl3)2)] with 1,7-diaryl-1,6-heptadiynes, however, resulted in a metal-mediated or -catalyzed cycloaddition reaction of alkynes and leads to full conversion to dimerization and trimerization products and recovery of the rhodium(I) starting material. This is intuitive, considering that P(Ar)3 (Ar = aryl) ligands are considered weaker -donor ligands and therefore have a higher tendency to dissociate. Therefore, rhodium(I) complexes with aryl phosphines as ligands have an increasing tendency to promote catalytic reactions, while the stronger -donating ligands (PMe3 or NHCs) promote the formation of stable rhodium complexes. Finally, in Chapter 4, the findings of the work conducted on N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) and cyclic (alkyl)(amino)carbenes (CAACs) is presented. These compounds have unique electronic and steric properties and are therefore of great interest as ligands and organo-catalysts. In this work, studies of substitution reactions involving novel carbonyl complexes of rhodium and nickel are reported. For characterization and comparison of CAACmethyl with the large amount of data available for NHC and sterically more demanding CAAC ligands, an overview on physicochemical data (electronics, sterics and bond strength) is provided. The reaction of [Rh(-Cl)(CO)2]2 with 2 equivalents of CAACmethyl at low temperature afforded the mononuclear complex cis-[(RhCl(CO)2(CAACmethyl)]. However, reacting [Rh( Cl)(CO)2]2 with CAACmethyl at room temperature afforded a mixture of complexes. The mononuclear complex [(RhCl(CO)(CAACmethyl)2], the chloro-bridged complexes [(Rh2( Cl)2(CO)3(CAACmethyl)], [Rh(-Cl)(CO)(CAACmethyl)]2 and a carbon monoxide activation product were formed. The carbon monoxide activation product is presumably formed via the reaction of two equivalents of the CAAC with CO to give the bis-carbene adduct of CO, and subsequent rearrangement via migration of the Dipp moiety. While classical N-heterocyclic carbenes are not electrophilic enough to react with CO, related diamidocarbenes and alkyl(amino)carbenes undergo addition reactions with CO to give the corresponding ketenes. Consequently, to obtain the CAAC-disubstituted mononuclear complex selectively, 8 equivalents of CAACmethyl were reacted with 1 equivalent of [Rh(-Cl)(CO)2]2. For the evaluation of TEP values, [Ni(CO)3(CAAC)] was synthesized in collaboration with the group of Radius. With the complexes [(RhCl(CO)(CAACmethyl)2] and [Ni(CO)3(CAAC)] in hand, it was furthermore possible to examine the electronic and steric parameters of CAACmethyl. Like its bulkier congeners CAACmenthyl and CAACcy, the methyl-substituted CAAC is proposed to be a notably stronger -donor than common NHCs. While it has a very similar TEP value of 2046 cm-1, it additionally possess superior -acceptor properties (P = 67.2 ppm of phosphinidene adduct). CAACs appear to be very effective in the isolation of a variety of otherwise unstable main group and transition metal diamagnetic and paramagnetic species. This is due to their low-lying LUMO and the small singlet-triplet gap. These electronic properties also allow free CAACs to activate small molecules with strong bonds. They also bind strongly to transition metal centers, which enables their use under harsh conditions. One recent development is the use of CAACs as ligands in transition metal complexes, which previously were only postulated as short-lived catalytic intermediates.[292,345] The availability of these reactive species allows for a better understanding of known catalytic reactions and the design of new catalysts and, moreover, new applications. For example Radius et al.[320] prepared a CAAC complex of cobalt as a precursor for thin-film deposition and Steffen et al.[346] reported a CAAC complex of copper with very high photoluminescent properties, which could be used in LED devices. With the development of cheap and facile synthetic methods for the preparation of CAACs and their corresponding transition metals complexes, as well as the knowledge of their electronic properties, it is safe to predict that applications in and around this field of chemistry will continue to increase.Die photochemischen und photophysialischen Eigenschaften von Übergangsmetall-komplexen sind von großem Interesse, da solche Materialien für eine Vielzahl von Anwendungen, zum Beispiel in der Photokatalyse, für Sensing und Imaging, als Multiphotonenabsorptionsmaterialien und in der Herstellung von OLEDs genutzt werden können. Ein grundlegendes Verständnis des angeregten Zustands von Übergangsmetallverbindungen ist daher für die Entwicklung neuer Materialen für die oben genannten Anwendungen maßgeblich. Grundsätzlich können die Lumineszenzeigenschaften dieser Klasse von Verbindungen einerseits durch das Metall selbst, oder andererseits durch subtile Modifikation der Ligandensphäre beeinflusst werden. Darüber hinaus spielen Übergangsmetallkomplexe weiterhin eine wichtige Rolle in der modernen Synthesechemie. Insbesondere können Bindungen selektiv geknüpft werden, die in der klassischen organischen Chemie nur schwer zugänglich oder nicht realisierbar sind. So ermöglichen sie beispielsweise die effiziente und selektive Knüpfung von Kohlenstoff-Kohlenstoff-Bindungen. Ein bekanntes Beispiel für solch eine Bindungsknüpfung sind metallkatalysierte Ringschlussreaktionen. Hierbei spielen Metallacyclopentadien-Komplexe als Zwischenstufen bei metallvermittelten oder katalysierten Ringschlussreaktionen, wie beispielsweise der [2+2+2] Cyclotrimerisierung von Alkinen, eine Schlüsselrolle. Die jüngsten Forschungen konzentrierten sich auf die Synthese und Charakterisierung dieser metallacyclischen Zwischenprodukte, auch MC4-Ringsysteme genannt, welche strukturell mit Hauptgruppen-EC4-Systemen wie Borolen, Silolen, Thiophenen und Phospholen verwandt sind. Insgesamt ist diese Gruppe von Verbindungen (EC4-Analoga) wohlbekannt und hat aufgrund ihrer Elektronentransport- und optischen Eigenschaften beträchtliche Aufmerksamkeit erregt. Im Gegensatz zu Übergangsmetallanaloga zeigen Hauptgruppen-EC4-Systeme jedoch keine Phosphoreszenz, was auf eine ineffiziente Spin-Bahn-Kopplung zurückzuführen ist. Im Vergleich dazu zeigen Übergangsmetalle der fünften und sechsten Periode Phosphoreszenz, weshalb es von großem Interesse ist, die Lumineszenzeigenschaften der Metallacyclopentadiene näher zu untersuchen. Im Jahr 2001 entwickelte Marder et al. eine Eintopfsynthese von lumineszierenden 2,5 Bis(arylethinyl)rhodacyclopentadienen durch reduktive Kupplung von 1,4 Diarylbuta 1,3 diinen an einer geeigneten Rhodium(I)-Vorstufe. In den vergangenen Jahren wurden eine Vielzahl von Liganden (z.B. TMSA, S,S'-Diethyldithiocarbamat, usw.) und Substarten (1,4-Bis(p-R-phenyl)-1,3-butadiine oder verknüpfte ,-Bis(p-R-arylethinyl)alkane (R = Elektronen-ziehende oder schiebende Gruppen)) untersucht, wobei stets eine selektive Reaktion zu 2,5-Bis(arylethinyl)rhodacyclopentadien-Komplexen beobachtet werden konnte. Trotz des Zentralatoms Rhodium wurde ausschließlich Fluoreszenz beobachtet. Um den Einfluss der Ligandensphäre um das Rhodiumatom auf die Interkombination (Intersystem-Crossing Prozesse, ISC) in diesen fluoreszierenden Rhodacyclopentadienen zu untersuchen und den Metallcharakter in den Grenzorbitalen durch Destabilisierung der Rhodium-d-Orbitale zu erhöhen, wurde Acetylacetonat (acac), ein Elektronen-schiebender Ligand, eingeführt. Interessanterweise beobachtete Tay im Jahr 2010 durch Reaktion von , Bis(p R arylbutadiinyl)alkanen mit [Rh(κ2-O,O-acac)(PMe3)2] nicht nur die fluoreszierenden 2,5-Bis(arylethinyl)-rhodacyclopentadiene, sondern auch einen isomeren Rhodium 2,2' Biphenyl Komplex, der in ersten photophysikalischen Studien Phosphoreszenz zeigte. In dieser Arbeit wurden das Reaktionsverhalten und die Reaktionsbedingungen von [Rh(κ2 O,O acac)(L)2] (L = PMe3, P(p-tolyl)3) mit verschiedenen , Bis(p R-arylbutadiinyl)alkanen untersucht. Weiterhin wurde die Trennung der beiden Isomere 2,5-Bis(arylethinyl)rhodacyclopentadien (A) und Rhodium-2,2'-bph-Komplex (B) optimiert und die photophysikalischen Eigenschaften der beiden Isomere untersucht. Die Reaktion von [Rh(κ2-O,O-acac)(P(p-tolyl3)2)] mit ,-Bis(arylbutadiinyl)alkanen führt selektiv zum 2,5-Bis(arylethinyl)rhodacyclopentadien-Isomer A, welches nur schwach fluoresziert. Wird jedoch der Phosphanligand P(p-tolyl3) mit PMe3 ersetzt, führt die Reaktion von [Rh(κ2 O,O acac)(PMe3)2] und ,-Bis(arylbutadiinyl)alkanen zu zwei verschiedenen Isomeren von MC4-Metallacyclen mit grundverschiedenen photophysikalischen Eigenschaften. 2,5 Bis(arylethinyl)rhodacyclopentadiene (A) werden durch eine reduktive [2+2]-Kopplung an Rhodium gebildet und weisen eine intensive Fluoreszenz auf. Das zweite Isomer waren Rhodium-2,2'-bph-Komplexe (B), die Phosphoreszenz zeigen. Dies rührt von einer ungewöhnlichen [4+2]-Cycloadditionsreaktion und einer nachfolgenden H Verschiebung her. Die Kontrolle des Isomeren-Verhältnisses von 2,5-Bis(arylethinyl)rhodacyclopentadienen (A) und Rhodium-2,2'-bph-Komplexen (B) erfolgt durch Modifizierung der Alkankette des verknüpften ,-Bis(arylbutadiinyl)alkans. Die Veränderung der Ligandenbrücke von vier zu drei CH2-Gruppen begünstigt die Bildung des Rhodium-Biphenyl-Isomers B drastisch und bietet einen grundsätzlich neuen Weg, um Zugang zu photoaktiven Biphenyl-Metallverbindungen in guten Ausbeuten zu erhalten. Die photophysikalischen Eigenschaften sind bisher nur von einer begrenzten Anzahl an Biphenyl-Komplexen von Iridium, Palladium und Platin untersucht worden, wobei die geringe Menge an Beispielen vermutlich auf limitierte Synthesestrategien von verschieden-substituierten 2,2'-bph Übergangsmetall-komple

Convenient synthetic access to fluorescent rhodacyclopentadienes via ligand exchange reactions

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