metal-organic compounds
Bis[2-(1,3-benzothiazol-2-yl)phenyl-κ2C1,N][1,3-bis(4-bromophenyl)propane-1,3-dionato-κ2O,O′]iridium(III)
aDepartment of Chemistry Education and Interdisciplinary Program of Advanced Information and Display Materials, Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Republic of Korea, and bDepartment of Chemistry, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 305-764, Republic of Korea
*Correspondence e-mail: skkang@cnu.ac.kr
The title complex, [Ir(C15H9Br2O2)(C13H8NS)2], lies about a crystallographic twofold rotation axis passing through the IrIII atom and the central C atom of the bis(bromophenyl)propane-1,3-dionate ligand. The IrIII atom adopts a distorted octahedral geometry coordinated by two N atoms in the axial positions, and two C and two O atoms in the equatorial plane. The dihedral angle between the two thiazole ring systems in the complex is 77.45 (10)°.
Related literature
For luminescent Ir complexes, see: Ulbricht et al. (2009); Liu et al. (2008); Hwang et al. (2005); Tsuboyama et al. (2003); Bera et al. (2007). For phosphorescent Ir complexes, see: Xu et al. (2009); Sengottuvelan et al. (2011, 2013).
Experimental
Crystal data
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Data collection: SMART (Bruker, 2002); cell SAINT (Bruker, 2002); data reduction: SAINT; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS2013 (Sheldrick, 2013); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL2013 (Sheldrick, 2013); molecular graphics: ORTEP-3 for Windows (Farrugia, 2012); software used to prepare material for publication: WinGX (Farrugia, 2012).
Supporting information
10.1107/S1600536813018394/is5287sup1.cif
contains datablocks global, I. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536813018394/is5287Isup2.hkl
2-Phenylbenzothiazole (pbt) was purchased from Sigma-Aldrich Chemicals.
Synthesis of 1,3-bis(p-bromophenyl)-1,3-propanedione (dbacac): A mixture of a sodium hydride in oil dispersion (60%) and ethyl 4-bromobenzoate in 20 ml of dry THF was heated to 60 °C. 4-Bromoacetophenone in 8 ml in dry THF was added dropwise to the mixture. After the reaction temperature was held at 60 °C for 1 day, the mixture was poured into water and then neutralized with hydrochloric acid. The resulting precipitate was recrystallized from dichloromethane and hexane to give pale ivory powders.
Synthesis of title complex: The reaction of IrCl3 3H2O with pbt in a 3:1 mixture of 2-ethoxyethanol and water at 135 °C gave cyclometallated iridium(III) µ-chloro-bridged dimer, [(pbt)2Ir(µ-Cl)]2. The prepared iridium(III) dimer complex, sodium carbonate and dbacac were dissolved in 2-ethoxyethanol. The mixture was heated at 125 °C for 8 h. The mixture was extracted with dichloromethane and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. The crude product was flash chromatographed on silica gel using dichloromethane/methanol as an
The red crystals were obtained from hexane/chloroform solution by slow evaporation at room temperature.All H atoms were positioned geometrically and refined using a riding model, with C—H = 0.93 Å and with Uiso(H) = 1.2Ueq(C). The maximum and minimum residual electron density peaks were located at 0.84 and 0.81 Å, respectively, from atom Ir1.
Data collection: SMART (Bruker, 2002); cell
SAINT (Bruker, 2002); data reduction: SAINT (Bruker, 2002); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS2013 (Sheldrick, 2013); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL2013 (Sheldrick, 2013); molecular graphics: ORTEP-3 for Windows (Farrugia, 2012); software used to prepare material for publication: WinGX (Farrugia, 2012).Fig. 1. Molecular structure of the title compound, showing the atom-numbering scheme and 30% probability ellipsoids. [Symmetry code: (i) -x, y, -z + 1/2.] |
[Ir(C15H9Br2O2)(C13H8NS)2] | F(000) = 1920 |
Mr = 993.77 | Dx = 1.941 Mg m−3 |
Monoclinic, C2/c | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
Hall symbol: -C 2yc | Cell parameters from 6529 reflections |
a = 15.888 (4) Å | θ = 2.3–28.2° |
b = 12.689 (3) Å | µ = 6.44 mm−1 |
c = 17.143 (5) Å | T = 203 K |
β = 100.28 (5)° | Block, red |
V = 3400.8 (16) Å3 | 0.35 × 0.29 × 0.16 mm |
Z = 4 |
Bruker SMART CCD area-detector diffractometer | 3623 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube | Rint = 0.059 |
ϕ and ω scans | θmax = 28.3°, θmin = 2.1° |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2002) | h = −9→21 |
Tmin = 0.132, Tmax = 0.365 | k = −16→8 |
15842 measured reflections | l = −21→21 |
4079 independent reflections |
Refinement on F2 | 0 restraints |
Least-squares matrix: full | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.030 | H-atom parameters constrained |
wR(F2) = 0.076 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0363P)2 + 6.8133P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
S = 1.06 | (Δ/σ)max = 0.001 |
4079 reflections | Δρmax = 1.55 e Å−3 |
227 parameters | Δρmin = −1.26 e Å−3 |
[Ir(C15H9Br2O2)(C13H8NS)2] | V = 3400.8 (16) Å3 |
Mr = 993.77 | Z = 4 |
Monoclinic, C2/c | Mo Kα radiation |
a = 15.888 (4) Å | µ = 6.44 mm−1 |
b = 12.689 (3) Å | T = 203 K |
c = 17.143 (5) Å | 0.35 × 0.29 × 0.16 mm |
β = 100.28 (5)° |
Bruker SMART CCD area-detector diffractometer | 4079 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2002) | 3623 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.132, Tmax = 0.365 | Rint = 0.059 |
15842 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.030 | 0 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.076 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 1.06 | Δρmax = 1.55 e Å−3 |
4079 reflections | Δρmin = −1.26 e Å−3 |
227 parameters |
Geometry. All e.s.d.'s (except the e.s.d. in the dihedral angle between two l.s. planes) are estimated using the full covariance matrix. The cell e.s.d.'s are taken into account individually in the estimation of e.s.d.'s in distances, angles and torsion angles; correlations between e.s.d.'s in cell parameters are only used when they are defined by crystal symmetry. An approximate (isotropic) treatment of cell e.s.d.'s is used for estimating e.s.d.'s involving l.s. planes. |
x | y | z | Uiso*/Ueq | ||
Ir1 | 0 | 0.38790 (2) | 0.25 | 0.01610 (7) | |
O2 | 0.02867 (16) | 0.2664 (2) | 0.33857 (15) | 0.0201 (5) | |
C3 | 0.0262 (2) | 0.1685 (3) | 0.3239 (2) | 0.0198 (7) | |
C4 | 0 | 0.1208 (4) | 0.25 | 0.0307 (13) | |
H4 | 0 | 0.0475 | 0.25 | 0.037* | |
C5 | 0.0587 (2) | 0.0971 (3) | 0.3927 (2) | 0.0206 (7) | |
C6 | 0.1155 (3) | 0.1359 (3) | 0.4576 (2) | 0.0270 (8) | |
H6 | 0.1298 | 0.207 | 0.4595 | 0.032* | |
C7 | 0.1512 (3) | 0.0701 (4) | 0.5198 (3) | 0.0311 (9) | |
H7 | 0.1909 | 0.0961 | 0.562 | 0.037* | |
C8 | 0.1264 (3) | −0.0348 (3) | 0.5177 (3) | 0.0290 (9) | |
C9 | 0.0688 (3) | −0.0745 (3) | 0.4554 (2) | 0.0265 (8) | |
H9 | 0.0528 | −0.145 | 0.4547 | 0.032* | |
C10 | 0.0349 (3) | −0.0081 (3) | 0.3935 (2) | 0.0244 (8) | |
H10 | −0.0047 | −0.0346 | 0.3516 | 0.029* | |
Br11 | 0.17062 (3) | −0.12509 (4) | 0.60339 (3) | 0.04469 (14) | |
N12 | 0.11887 (19) | 0.3940 (2) | 0.21803 (19) | 0.0202 (6) | |
C13 | 0.1968 (2) | 0.3442 (3) | 0.2459 (2) | 0.0207 (7) | |
C14 | 0.2596 (2) | 0.3667 (3) | 0.1998 (2) | 0.0244 (8) | |
S15 | 0.21858 (6) | 0.45204 (9) | 0.12315 (6) | 0.0295 (2) | |
C16 | 0.1222 (2) | 0.4541 (3) | 0.1558 (2) | 0.0199 (7) | |
C17 | 0.0476 (2) | 0.5149 (3) | 0.1241 (2) | 0.0196 (7) | |
C18 | −0.0208 (2) | 0.4977 (3) | 0.1654 (2) | 0.0184 (7) | |
C19 | −0.0952 (2) | 0.5581 (3) | 0.1394 (2) | 0.0261 (8) | |
H19 | −0.1418 | 0.5513 | 0.165 | 0.031* | |
C20 | −0.0997 (3) | 0.6271 (3) | 0.0762 (3) | 0.0303 (9) | |
H20 | −0.1496 | 0.6655 | 0.0603 | 0.036* | |
C21 | −0.0318 (3) | 0.6408 (3) | 0.0359 (2) | 0.0268 (9) | |
H21 | −0.0362 | 0.6875 | −0.0064 | 0.032* | |
C22 | 0.0422 (2) | 0.5837 (3) | 0.0601 (2) | 0.0228 (8) | |
H22 | 0.0883 | 0.5911 | 0.0337 | 0.027* | |
C23 | 0.2167 (2) | 0.2787 (3) | 0.3110 (2) | 0.0268 (8) | |
H23 | 0.1763 | 0.2638 | 0.3425 | 0.032* | |
C24 | 0.2977 (3) | 0.2359 (4) | 0.3284 (3) | 0.0333 (10) | |
H24 | 0.3115 | 0.1915 | 0.372 | 0.04* | |
C25 | 0.3590 (3) | 0.2575 (4) | 0.2825 (3) | 0.0329 (10) | |
H25 | 0.413 | 0.2272 | 0.2954 | 0.039* | |
C26 | 0.3408 (3) | 0.3236 (4) | 0.2180 (3) | 0.0327 (9) | |
H26 | 0.382 | 0.3388 | 0.1873 | 0.039* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
Ir1 | 0.01424 (10) | 0.01535 (10) | 0.01891 (12) | 0 | 0.00346 (7) | 0 |
O2 | 0.0234 (13) | 0.0187 (13) | 0.0190 (13) | −0.0013 (10) | 0.0061 (10) | 0.0028 (9) |
C3 | 0.0209 (16) | 0.0198 (18) | 0.0201 (19) | −0.0006 (14) | 0.0074 (14) | 0.0040 (13) |
C4 | 0.051 (4) | 0.017 (3) | 0.025 (3) | 0 | 0.011 (3) | 0 |
C5 | 0.0246 (18) | 0.0197 (18) | 0.0198 (19) | 0.0025 (14) | 0.0105 (14) | −0.0005 (13) |
C6 | 0.0275 (19) | 0.026 (2) | 0.028 (2) | −0.0048 (16) | 0.0062 (16) | 0.0025 (15) |
C7 | 0.0256 (19) | 0.038 (2) | 0.029 (2) | −0.0043 (18) | 0.0026 (17) | 0.0056 (17) |
C8 | 0.0233 (18) | 0.032 (2) | 0.034 (2) | 0.0048 (17) | 0.0113 (17) | 0.0138 (17) |
C9 | 0.035 (2) | 0.0183 (17) | 0.029 (2) | 0.0041 (16) | 0.0139 (17) | 0.0062 (15) |
C10 | 0.0297 (19) | 0.0208 (18) | 0.024 (2) | −0.0005 (15) | 0.0071 (16) | 0.0023 (14) |
Br11 | 0.0279 (2) | 0.0540 (3) | 0.0503 (3) | 0.0050 (2) | 0.0020 (2) | 0.0296 (2) |
N12 | 0.0169 (14) | 0.0209 (15) | 0.0228 (16) | 0.0005 (12) | 0.0034 (12) | −0.0015 (12) |
C13 | 0.0143 (15) | 0.0221 (18) | 0.025 (2) | −0.0021 (14) | 0.0016 (14) | −0.0042 (14) |
C14 | 0.0207 (18) | 0.025 (2) | 0.028 (2) | 0.0032 (15) | 0.0063 (15) | 0.0046 (14) |
S15 | 0.0228 (5) | 0.0371 (6) | 0.0312 (6) | 0.0040 (4) | 0.0114 (4) | 0.0114 (4) |
C16 | 0.0198 (17) | 0.0213 (17) | 0.0185 (18) | −0.0025 (14) | 0.0035 (14) | −0.0005 (13) |
C17 | 0.0200 (17) | 0.0193 (17) | 0.0182 (18) | 0.0002 (14) | 0.0001 (14) | −0.0018 (13) |
C18 | 0.0192 (16) | 0.0154 (16) | 0.0195 (19) | 0.0010 (13) | 0.0008 (14) | −0.0028 (12) |
C19 | 0.0221 (18) | 0.025 (2) | 0.030 (2) | 0.0033 (15) | 0.0022 (16) | 0.0000 (15) |
C20 | 0.030 (2) | 0.027 (2) | 0.032 (2) | 0.0094 (17) | 0.0010 (17) | 0.0011 (16) |
C21 | 0.038 (2) | 0.0191 (18) | 0.022 (2) | −0.0004 (16) | 0.0017 (17) | 0.0013 (14) |
C22 | 0.0251 (18) | 0.0228 (18) | 0.0200 (19) | −0.0028 (15) | 0.0026 (15) | −0.0013 (14) |
C23 | 0.0187 (17) | 0.029 (2) | 0.033 (2) | 0.0008 (15) | 0.0062 (16) | 0.0096 (16) |
C24 | 0.028 (2) | 0.036 (2) | 0.035 (2) | 0.0082 (18) | 0.0020 (18) | 0.0116 (18) |
C25 | 0.0216 (19) | 0.035 (2) | 0.041 (3) | 0.0119 (17) | 0.0036 (18) | 0.0038 (18) |
C26 | 0.0225 (19) | 0.038 (2) | 0.041 (3) | 0.0040 (18) | 0.0143 (17) | 0.0054 (19) |
Ir1—C18i | 1.996 (4) | C13—C23 | 1.382 (5) |
Ir1—C18 | 1.996 (4) | C13—C14 | 1.407 (5) |
Ir1—N12i | 2.060 (3) | C14—C26 | 1.385 (5) |
Ir1—N12 | 2.060 (3) | C14—S15 | 1.738 (4) |
Ir1—O2i | 2.155 (3) | S15—C16 | 1.722 (4) |
Ir1—O2 | 2.155 (3) | C16—C17 | 1.436 (5) |
O2—C3 | 1.266 (4) | C17—C22 | 1.394 (5) |
C3—C4 | 1.399 (4) | C17—C18 | 1.415 (5) |
C3—C5 | 1.505 (5) | C18—C19 | 1.413 (5) |
C4—C3i | 1.399 (4) | C19—C20 | 1.384 (6) |
C4—H4 | 0.93 | C19—H19 | 0.93 |
C5—C10 | 1.388 (5) | C20—C21 | 1.392 (6) |
C5—C6 | 1.391 (6) | C20—H20 | 0.93 |
C6—C7 | 1.392 (6) | C21—C22 | 1.381 (6) |
C6—H6 | 0.93 | C21—H21 | 0.93 |
C7—C8 | 1.387 (6) | C22—H22 | 0.93 |
C7—H7 | 0.93 | C23—C24 | 1.380 (5) |
C8—C9 | 1.372 (6) | C23—H23 | 0.93 |
C8—Br11 | 1.896 (4) | C24—C25 | 1.384 (6) |
C9—C10 | 1.386 (5) | C24—H24 | 0.93 |
C9—H9 | 0.93 | C25—C26 | 1.377 (6) |
C10—H10 | 0.93 | C25—H25 | 0.93 |
N12—C16 | 1.320 (5) | C26—H26 | 0.93 |
N12—C13 | 1.396 (5) | ||
C18i—Ir1—C18 | 91.4 (2) | C13—N12—Ir1 | 133.7 (3) |
C18i—Ir1—N12i | 79.67 (14) | C23—C13—N12 | 127.6 (3) |
C18—Ir1—N12i | 97.27 (14) | C23—C13—C14 | 119.5 (3) |
C18i—Ir1—N12 | 97.27 (14) | N12—C13—C14 | 113.0 (3) |
C18—Ir1—N12 | 79.67 (14) | C26—C14—C13 | 121.3 (4) |
N12i—Ir1—N12 | 175.67 (17) | C26—C14—S15 | 128.7 (3) |
C18i—Ir1—O2i | 176.72 (12) | C13—C14—S15 | 110.1 (3) |
C18—Ir1—O2i | 90.04 (12) | C16—S15—C14 | 89.93 (18) |
N12i—Ir1—O2i | 97.24 (11) | N12—C16—C17 | 117.8 (3) |
N12—Ir1—O2i | 85.88 (11) | N12—C16—S15 | 114.8 (3) |
C18i—Ir1—O2 | 90.04 (12) | C17—C16—S15 | 127.3 (3) |
C18—Ir1—O2 | 176.72 (12) | C22—C17—C18 | 123.1 (3) |
N12i—Ir1—O2 | 85.88 (11) | C22—C17—C16 | 124.4 (4) |
N12—Ir1—O2 | 97.24 (11) | C18—C17—C16 | 112.5 (3) |
O2i—Ir1—O2 | 88.63 (14) | C19—C18—C17 | 115.6 (3) |
C3—O2—Ir1 | 124.5 (2) | C19—C18—Ir1 | 129.0 (3) |
O2—C3—C4 | 126.8 (4) | C17—C18—Ir1 | 115.4 (3) |
O2—C3—C5 | 116.2 (3) | C20—C19—C18 | 120.9 (4) |
C4—C3—C5 | 117.0 (4) | C20—C19—H19 | 119.5 |
C3i—C4—C3 | 128.7 (5) | C18—C19—H19 | 119.5 |
C3i—C4—H4 | 115.7 | C19—C20—C21 | 122.1 (4) |
C3—C4—H4 | 115.7 | C19—C20—H20 | 119 |
C10—C5—C6 | 118.1 (4) | C21—C20—H20 | 119 |
C10—C5—C3 | 122.1 (3) | C22—C21—C20 | 118.6 (4) |
C6—C5—C3 | 119.8 (3) | C22—C21—H21 | 120.7 |
C5—C6—C7 | 121.2 (4) | C20—C21—H21 | 120.7 |
C5—C6—H6 | 119.4 | C21—C22—C17 | 119.6 (4) |
C7—C6—H6 | 119.4 | C21—C22—H22 | 120.2 |
C8—C7—C6 | 118.7 (4) | C17—C22—H22 | 120.2 |
C8—C7—H7 | 120.7 | C24—C23—C13 | 118.8 (4) |
C6—C7—H7 | 120.7 | C24—C23—H23 | 120.6 |
C9—C8—C7 | 121.3 (4) | C13—C23—H23 | 120.6 |
C9—C8—Br11 | 119.0 (3) | C23—C24—C25 | 121.5 (4) |
C7—C8—Br11 | 119.7 (3) | C23—C24—H24 | 119.3 |
C8—C9—C10 | 119.1 (4) | C25—C24—H24 | 119.3 |
C8—C9—H9 | 120.4 | C26—C25—C24 | 120.6 (4) |
C10—C9—H9 | 120.4 | C26—C25—H25 | 119.7 |
C9—C10—C5 | 121.5 (4) | C24—C25—H25 | 119.7 |
C9—C10—H10 | 119.2 | C25—C26—C14 | 118.3 (4) |
C5—C10—H10 | 119.2 | C25—C26—H26 | 120.8 |
C16—N12—C13 | 112.2 (3) | C14—C26—H26 | 120.8 |
C16—N12—Ir1 | 114.0 (2) |
Symmetry code: (i) −x, y, −z+1/2. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | [Ir(C15H9Br2O2)(C13H8NS)2] |
Mr | 993.77 |
Crystal system, space group | Monoclinic, C2/c |
Temperature (K) | 203 |
a, b, c (Å) | 15.888 (4), 12.689 (3), 17.143 (5) |
β (°) | 100.28 (5) |
V (Å3) | 3400.8 (16) |
Z | 4 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 6.44 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.35 × 0.29 × 0.16 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Bruker SMART CCD area-detector diffractometer |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2002) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.132, 0.365 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 15842, 4079, 3623 |
Rint | 0.059 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.668 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.030, 0.076, 1.06 |
No. of reflections | 4079 |
No. of parameters | 227 |
H-atom treatment | H-atom parameters constrained |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 1.55, −1.26 |
Computer programs: SMART (Bruker, 2002), SAINT (Bruker, 2002), SHELXS2013 (Sheldrick, 2013), SHELXL2013 (Sheldrick, 2013), ORTEP-3 for Windows (Farrugia, 2012), WinGX (Farrugia, 2012).
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Electrophosphorescent materials based on iridium(III) have been developed in order to apply for organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) (Ulbricht et al., 2009) because iridium(III) complexes possess relatively short excited state lifetimes, high quantum efficiencies (Liu et al., 2008; Hwang et al., 2005; Tsuboyama et al., 2003) and remarkable color tuning from red to blue by a modification of the ligand structures (Bera et al., 2007). Recently, we reported red phosphorescent iridium complexes (Sengottuvelan, Yun, Kim et al., 2013; Sengottuvelan et al., 2011) for an application for OLEDs. Herein, an orange-red emissive complex, a new heteroleptic cyclometalated iridium(III) complex containing two 2-phenylbenzothiazole as main ligands and 1,3-bis(p-bromophenyl)-1,3-propanedione as an ancillary ligand, is prepared and its crystal structure is reported. The title complex emitted at 617 (595 s h.) nm in dichloromethane at room temperature.
In the title compound (Fig. 1), the IrIII atom lies on a twofold axis and is coordinated by two C atoms, two N atoms, and two O atoms of three bidentate ligands in a distorted octahedral geometry. The angles around Ir atoms are in the range of 79.67 (14)–97.27 (14)°. The Ir—C bond distances of 1.996 (4) Å are shorter than the Ir—N distances of 2.060 (3) Å due to the stronger trans influence of the phenyl ring compared to the 5-membered thiazole ring (Table 1). The bidentate 1,3-benzothiazol-2-ylphenyl ligand (N12–C26) is almost planar, with an r.m.s. deviation of 0.051 Å from the corresponding least-squares plane defined by the fifteen constituent atoms.