Preparation and Photophysical Properties of Amide-Linked, Polypyridylruthenium-Derivatized Polystyrene.
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The polymer poly[4-(2-aminoethyl)styrene], prepared by living anionic polymerization, has been derivatized by amide coupling to [Ru(II)(vbpy)(2)(4-CO(2)H-4'-CH(3)bpy)](2+) (vbpy is 4-vinyl-4'-methyl-2,2'-bipyridine; 4-CO(2)H-4'-CH(3)bpy is 4-methyl-2,2'-bipyridine-4'-carboxylic acid). The resulting "macromer" can be electropolymerized on a variety of electrode materials by reductive electropolymerization. Compared to similar films of poly[Ru(II)(vbpy)(3)](PF(6))(2): (1) the macromeric films are considerably rougher, apparently having open, local microporous structures; (2) they undergo comparable rates of intrafilm charge transfer; and (3) they have shortened metal-to-ligand charge transfer (MLCT) excited state lifetimes, apparently due to quenching by film-based trap sites. Stable films of a mixed polymer have also been prepared by sequential addition of [Ru(II)(bpy)(2)(4-CO(2)H-4'-CH(3)bpy)](2+) and then the vbpy derivative.
The polymer poly(4{2-[N,N-bis(trimethylsilyl)amino]ethyl}styrene), prepared by anionic polymerization and of low polydispersity (M(w)/M(n) = 1.10-1.18), has been derivatized by amide linkage to [Ru(II)(bpy)(2)(4-(CO-)-4'-CH(3)-bpy)-](2+) (bpy is 2,2'-bipyridine; 4-(CO-)-4'-CH(3)-bpy is 4-carbonyl-4'-methyl-2,2'-bipyridine). Unreacted amine sites were converted into acetamides by treatment with acetic anhydride to give derivatized polymers of general formula [PS-CH(2)CH(2)NHCO(Ru(II)(n)()Me(m)())](PF(6))(2)(n)(), where m + n = 11, 18, or 25, PS represents the polystyrene backbone, and Ru(II) and Me represent the attached complex and acetamide, respectively. Spectral and electrochemical properties of the derivatized polymers are similar to those of the model [Ru(bpy)(2)(4-CONHCH(2)CH(2)C(6)H(5)-4'-CH(3)-bpy)](2+) (4-CONHCH(2)CH(2)C(6)H(5)-4'-CH(3)-bpy is 4'-methyl-2,2'-bipyridinyl-4-(2-phenylethylamide)), but emission quantum yields (phi(em)) and time-resolved emission decays are slightly dependent on the level of Ru(II) loading, with nonexponential, irradiation-dependent decays appearing at high loadings. The decays could be fitted satisfactorily to the first derivative of the Williams-Watts distribution function. These results are discussed with reference to possible structural and multichromophoric effects on excited-state decay.