Abstract
The Raman and infrared spectra of fac-tris(2-phenylpyridinato-N,C2′) iridium(III), Ir(ppy) 3 and surface-enhanced resonance Raman spectra of bis(2-phenyl pyridinato-) (2,2′bipyridine) iridium (III), [Ir(ppy) 2 (bpy)] + cation were recorded in the wavenumber range 150-1700 cm -1 , and complete vibrational analyses of Ir(ppy) 3 and [Ir(ppy) 2 (bpy)] + were performed. Most of the vibrational wavenumbers were calculated with density-functional theory agree with experimental data. On the basis of the results of calculation and comparison of the spectra of both complexes and their analogue [Ru(bpy) 3 ] 2+ , we assign the vibrational wavenumbers for metal-ligand modes; metal-ligand stretching wavenumbers are 277/307 and 261/236 cm -1 for Ir(ppy) 3 , and 311/324, 257/270, 199/245 cm -1 for [Ir(ppy) 2 bpy] + . Surface-enhanced Raman scattering spectra of [Ir(ppy) 2 bpy] 2+ were measured at two wavelengths on the red and blue edges of the low-energy metal-to-ligand charge-transfer band. According to the enhanced Raman intensities for the vibrational modes of both ligands ppy and bpy, the unresolved charge-transfer band is deduced to consist of charge-transfer transitions from the triplet metal to both ligands ppy and bpy. © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.