The Effect of Hg(II) on the Optical Characteristics of Cycloiridated 2-Phenylbenzothiazole Complexes with Chelating Ligands Containing Sulfur Donor Atoms

Abstract

The [Ir(bt)₂(S^S)], [Ir(bt)₂(S^N)], and [Ir(bt)₂(CH₃CN)₂]PF₆ complexes, where (bt)⁻ is a deprotonated form of 2-phenylbenzothiazole and (S^S)⁻ and (S^N)⁻ are diethyldithiocarbamate, O-ethyldithiocarbonate, 2-mercaptobenzothiazolate, 2-mercaptobenzoxazolate, and 2-mercaptopyridinate ions, and the effect of Hg(II), Cu(II), Cd(II), and Zn(II) cations on the optical characteristics of these complexes are studied by electron absorption spectroscopy and emission spectroscopy. A hypsochromic shift of the absorption and phosphorescence bands of complexes in substituting the (S^S)⁻ and (S^N)⁻ chelating ligands with acetonitrile ligands is attributed to a lower energy of d_Ir orbitals compared with the mixed d_Ir/p(S) orbitals. It is shown that the presence of Hg(II) cations results in a hypsochromic shift of the absorption and phosphorescence bands of complexes [Ir(bt)₂(S^S)] and [Ir(bt)₂(S^N)] because of an effective reaction of substitution of chelating ligands to acetonitrile ligands.