{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Sinha N"],"funding":["Swiss National Science Foundation","Fonds National de la Recherche Luxembourg","Det Frie Forskningsr?d"],"pagination":["9859-9873"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9490849"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["144(22)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Many organometallic iridium(III) complexes have photoactive excited states with mixed metal-to-ligand and intraligand charge transfer (MLCT/ILCT) character, which form the basis for numerous applications in photophysics and photochemistry. Cobalt(III) complexes with analogous MLCT excited-state properties seem to be unknown yet, despite the fact that iridium(III) and cobalt(III) can adopt identical low-spin d<sup>6</sup> valence electron configurations due to their close chemical relationship. Using a rigid tridentate chelate ligand (L<sup>CNC</sup>), in which a central amido π-donor is flanked by two σ-donating N-heterocyclic carbene subunits, we obtained a robust homoleptic complex [Co(L<sup>CNC</sup>)<sub>2</sub>](PF<sub>6</sub>), featuring a photoactive excited state with substantial M"],"journal":["Journal of the American Chemical Society"],"pubmed_title":["Cobalt(III) Carbene Complex with an Electronic Excited-State Structure Similar to Cyclometalated Iridium(III) Compounds."],"pmcid":["PMC9490849"],"funding_grant_id":["200021_178760","206021_157687","9059-00003B","14583224"],"pubmed_authors":["Pfund B","Wegeberg C","Prescimone A","Wenger OS","Sinha N"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Cobalt(III) Carbene Complex with an Electronic Excited-State Structure Similar to Cyclometalated Iridium(III) Compounds.","description":"Many organometallic iridium(III) complexes have photoactive excited states with mixed metal-to-ligand and intraligand charge transfer (MLCT/ILCT) character, which form the basis for numerous applications in photophysics and photochemistry. Cobalt(III) complexes with analogous MLCT excited-state properties seem to be unknown yet, despite the fact that iridium(III) and cobalt(III) can adopt identical low-spin d<sup>6</sup> valence electron configurations due to their close chemical relationship. Using a rigid tridentate chelate ligand (L<sup>CNC</sup>), in which a central amido π-donor is flanked by two σ-donating N-heterocyclic carbene subunits, we obtained a robust homoleptic complex [Co(L<sup>CNC</sup>)<sub>2</sub>](PF<sub>6</sub>), featuring a photoactive excited state with substantial M","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Jun","modification":"2025-04-19T21:43:17.696Z","creation":"2025-04-19T21:43:17.696Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9490849","cross_references":{"pubmed":["35623627"],"doi":["10.1021/jacs.2c02592"]}}