A novel series of polymethylene-linked heterobinuclear complexes of polypyridine ruthenium(II)/osmium(II) complex Ru(II)(bpy)2Mebpy–(CH2)n–MebpyOs(II)(bpy)2(bpy=2,2′-bipyridine and n=2, 3, 5, and 7), 1, was prepared. The photophysical behavior was examined in various solvents. The emission spectra of 1 (excitation wavelength: 455nm) showed a nearly complete quenching of RuII→π*(bpy) metal-to-ligand charge transfer (MLCT) emission and the enhancement of OsII→π*(bpy) MLCT emission. The luminescence lifetime measurements by a time-correlated single photon-counting method provided evidence that intramolecular energy transfer is a significant pathway for the observed emission quenching. The rate constants of the intramolecular energy transfer in ethanol are 5.3×108, 3.3×108, 1.3×108, and 1.0×108s−1 for 1(n=2, 3, 5, and 7), respectively. They were found to be proportional to the inverse sixth power on the center-to-center distance of the two complexes. The mechanism is discussed in terms of the Förster (a dipole-dipole interaction) mechanism.
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