Towards longer-lived metal-to-ligand charge transfer states of iron(ii) complexes: an N-heterocyclic carbene approach.

Summary, in English

A 9 ps (3)MLCT lifetime was achieved by a Fe(II) complex based on C(NHC)⁁N(py)⁁C(NHC) pincer ligands. This is the longest known so far for any kind of complexes of this abundant metal, and increased by almost two orders of magnitude compared to the reference Fe(II) bis-terpyridine complex.

• Author: Yizhu Liu; Tobias Harlang; Sophie Canton; Pavel Chabera; Karina Suarez Alcantara; André Fleckhaus; Dimali Vithanage; Erik Göransson; Alice Corani; Reiner Lomoth; Villy Sundström; Kenneth Wärnmark
• Department/s: Centre for Analysis and Synthesis; Chemical Physics; MAX IV Laboratory
• Publishing year: 2013
• Language: English
• Pages: 6412-6414
• Publication/Series: Chemical Communications
• Volume: 49
• Issue: 57
• Links: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c3cc43833c
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
• Topic: Chemical Sciences
• Status: Published
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 1364-548X