Optical properties of cyclometalated Pd(II) and Rh(III) complexes based on 2-(4-biphenylyl)-6-phenylbenzoxazole luminophore with ethylenediamine

Using the methods of electronic absorption and emission spectroscopy, we have studied the optical properties of cyclometalated [Pd(C??N)En]CH₃COO and [Rh(C??N)₂En]Cl complexes of 2-(4-biphenylyl)-6-phenylbenzoxazole luminophore with ethylenediamine. We have shown that, along with a bathochromic shift of intraligand spin-allowed ??-??* optical transitions by 1000?C1800 cm^?1, complexes are characterized by the occurrence of long-wavelength bands of a mixed nature (intraligand-metal-ligand charge transfer) in the range of 369??392 nm and by competing intraligand fluorescence (419?C423 nm) and phosphorescence (511?C532 nm) processes under low-temperature (77 K) photoexcitation.