Determination of the relative ligand-binding strengths in heteroleptic Ir(III) complexes by ESI-Q-TOF tandem mass spectrometry |
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Authors: | Altuntaş Esra Winter Andreas Baumgaertel Anja Paulus Renzo M Ulbricht Christoph Crecelius Anna C Risch Nikolaus Schubert Ulrich S |
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Affiliation: | Laboratory of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry (IOMC), Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Humboldtstr. 10, 07743, Jena, Germany. |
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Abstract: | An electrospray ionization quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometer has been utilized to investigate the relative ligand-binding strengths in a series of heteroleptic-charged iridium(III) complexes of the general formula [(C^N)(2) Ir(III) (S-tpy)](PF(6) ) by using variable collision energies. Collision-induced dissociation experiments were performed in order to study the stability of the Ir(III) complexes that are, for instance, suitable phosphors in light-emitting electrochemical cells. The ratio of signal intensities belonging to the fragment and the undissociated complex depends on the collision energy applied for the tandem mass spectra (MS/MS) analysis. By defining the threshold collision energy and the point of complete complex dissociation, it is possible to estimate the relative complex stabilities depending on the nature of the coordinated ligands [i.e. type of cyclometalating ligand (C^N), substituents on the S-shaped terpyridine (S-tpy)]. The collision energy values differed as a function of the coordination sphere of the Ir(III) centers. |
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