Synthesis, crystal structure and photophysical properties of chlorido-[2-(2',6'-di-fluoro-2,3'-bipyri-din-6-yl-κ )-6-(pyridin-2-yl-oxy-κ)phenyl-κ ]platinum(II).

The title compound, [Pt(CHFNO)Cl], crystallizes with two crystallographically independent mol-ecules ( and ) in the asymmetric unit, which adopt similar conformations. The Pt atoms in both mol-ecules adopt distorted square-planar geometries, coordinated by one C and two N atoms from the tridentate 2',6'-di-fluoro-6-[3-(pyridin-2-yl-oxy)phen-yl]-2,3'-bi-pyridine ligand and a chloride anion: the C and Cl atoms are . In the crystal, C-H⋯Cl/F hydrogen bonds, F⋯π and weak π-π stacking inter-actions between adjacent and mol-ecules and between pairs of inversion-related B mol-ecules lead to the formation of a two-dimensional supra-molecular network lying parallel to the plane. The sheets are stacked along the axis direction and linked by F⋯π and weak π-π stacking inter-actions between pairs of inversion-related mol-ecules, forming a three-dimensional supra-molecular network. The photoluminescence quantum efficiency of the title compound in the blue-green region of the visible region (λ = 517 and 544 nm) is estimated to be ∼0.2-0.3, indicating that the title compound could be a suitable candidate as the emitting material in organic light-emitting diode (OLED) applications.