Photoswitching tetranuclear rhenium(I) tricarbonyl diimine complexes with a stilbene-like bridging ligand

Chem Commun (Camb). 2011 Jun 7;47(21):6030-2. doi: 10.1039/c1cc11272d. Epub 2011 Apr 21.

Abstract

Highly efficient photoswitching tetranuclear rhenium(I) tricarbonyl diimine complexes with a stilbene-like bridging ligand are reported. The ability to directly populate excited states localized on the bridging ligand is the key for the observed efficient photoisomerization.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Coordination Complexes / chemistry*
  • Imines / chemistry*
  • Isomerism
  • Ligands
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Photochemical Processes
  • Rhenium / chemistry*
  • Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
  • Stilbenes / chemistry*

Substances

  • Coordination Complexes
  • Imines
  • Ligands
  • Stilbenes
  • Rhenium