A great deal of research has been performed on cyclic trinuclear Cu(I), Ag(I), and Au(I) complexes with imidazolate, pyrazolate, and ROC=NR’ carbeniate bridging ligands. In recent years, analogous triazolate trinuclear and coordination polymer complexes have seen light whereas the tetrazolate congeners remain virtually unknown; this is a step toward altering this situation. This presentation will overview our ongoing efforts that span organic transformations involving the ligand design as well as inorganic transformations that include the self-assembly of Cu(I) and Ag(I) tetrazolates as trinuclear complexes, metal-organic frameworks, and non-porous coordination polymers. The synthetic targets are designed such that they will serve a variety of active (light-emitting or -harvesting; n-type semiconducting/electron-transporting) or passive (low-k dielectric for interconnect insulation or packaging) functions in optoelectronic devices and integrated circuits. The effect of porosity and chemical composition (e.g., varying the metal or tetrazolate substituents, presence or absence of a secondary imine ligand), stoichiometry/other reaction conditions, and supramolecular host-guest chemistry or polymorphism on the aforementioned underlying properties will be discussed.

Synthesis and characterization of Cu(I) and Ag(I) tetrazolate complexes toward active or passive components of electronic devices

251st National Meeting (2016)

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