TY - JOUR
T1 - Shifts of g values in the excited triplet states of metal complexes studied by time-resolved W-band EPR
AU - Yamauchi, Seigo
AU - Tanabe, Mana
AU - Takahashi, Katsuaki
AU - Islam, Saiful
AU - Matsuoka, Hideto
AU - Ohba, Yasunori
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - A highly time-resolved high-frequency/high-field W-band electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) (ν ~ 94 GHz) is a powerful technique to determine small g anisotropies of transient paramagnetic species. We applied this method to studies of the lowest excited triplet (T1)3ππ* states in metal complexes such as a platinum (Pt) diimine complex and metal (Zn and Mg) porphines in rigid glasses. From the analyses of time-resolved EPR spectra, g anisotropies were obtained as gz = 2.0048, gx = gy = 2.0035 for Pt(b-iq)(CN)2 (b-iq = 3,3′bi-isoquinoline) and gz = 1.9968, gx = gy = 2.0022 for zinc tetraphenylporphine (ZnTPP). No measurable anisotropies were found for magnesium (Mg) TPP. The g values of the Pt complex are larger than ge (=2.0023, g value of free electron) and that gz of ZnTPP is smaller than ge. These results were interpreted in terms of the nature of the perturbed states: the higher triplet ππ′* state mixes with T1(ππ*) via spin-orbit coupling in ZnTPP. In contrast, the higher triplet dπ* state is involved in this coupling for the Pt complex. Thus, the nature of the perturbed state can be distinguished from the anisotropic g values of the T1(ππ*) state.
AB - A highly time-resolved high-frequency/high-field W-band electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) (ν ~ 94 GHz) is a powerful technique to determine small g anisotropies of transient paramagnetic species. We applied this method to studies of the lowest excited triplet (T1)3ππ* states in metal complexes such as a platinum (Pt) diimine complex and metal (Zn and Mg) porphines in rigid glasses. From the analyses of time-resolved EPR spectra, g anisotropies were obtained as gz = 2.0048, gx = gy = 2.0035 for Pt(b-iq)(CN)2 (b-iq = 3,3′bi-isoquinoline) and gz = 1.9968, gx = gy = 2.0022 for zinc tetraphenylporphine (ZnTPP). No measurable anisotropies were found for magnesium (Mg) TPP. The g values of the Pt complex are larger than ge (=2.0023, g value of free electron) and that gz of ZnTPP is smaller than ge. These results were interpreted in terms of the nature of the perturbed states: the higher triplet ππ′* state mixes with T1(ππ*) via spin-orbit coupling in ZnTPP. In contrast, the higher triplet dπ* state is involved in this coupling for the Pt complex. Thus, the nature of the perturbed state can be distinguished from the anisotropic g values of the T1(ππ*) state.
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U2 - 10.1007/s00723-009-0100-9
DO - 10.1007/s00723-009-0100-9
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:71149098319
SN - 0937-9347
VL - 37
SP - 317
EP - 323
JO - Applied Magnetic Resonance
JF - Applied Magnetic Resonance
IS - 1
ER -