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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Russian Journal of Inorganic Chemistry</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Russian Journal of Inorganic Chemistry</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Журнал неорганической химии</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">0044-457X</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">3034-560X</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">The Russian Academy of Sciences</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">697887</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.7868/S3034560X25090079</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading"><subject>КООРДИНАЦИОННЫЕ СОЕДИНЕНИЯ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">SYNTHESIS, STRUCTURE, AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF CYCLOMETALATED IRIDIUM(III) COMPLEXES WITH 1,2-DIPHENYLBENZIMIDAZOLE AND N-SUBSTITUTED PERIMIDINES</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>СИНТЕЗ, СТРОЕНИЕ И ОПТИЧЕСКИЕ СВОЙСТВА ЦИКЛОМЕТАЛЛИРОВАННЫХ КОМПЛЕКСОВ ИРИДИЯ(III) С 1,2-ДИФЕНИЛБЕНЗИМИДАЗОЛОМ И N-ЗАМЕЩЕННЫМИ ПЕРИМИДИНАМИ</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Kiseleva</surname><given-names>M. A</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Киселева</surname><given-names>М. А</given-names></name></name-alternatives><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Bezzubov</surname><given-names>S. I</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Беззубов</surname><given-names>С. И</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email>bezzubov@igic.ras.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Институт общей и неорганической химии им. Н.С. Курнакова РАН</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2025-09-15" publication-format="electronic"><day>15</day><month>09</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><volume>70</volume><issue>9</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">VOL 70, NO9 (2025)</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">ТОМ 70, №9 (2025)</issue-title><fpage>1157</fpage><lpage>1164</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2025-12-05"><day>05</day><month>12</month><year>2025</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2025, Russian Academy of Sciences</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2025, Российская академия наук</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2025</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Russian Academy of Sciences</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Российская академия наук</copyright-holder></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://transsyst.ru/0044-457X/article/view/697887">https://transsyst.ru/0044-457X/article/view/697887</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>Two novel bis-cyclometalated iridium(III) complexes with 1,2-diphenylbenzimidazole (pbi) and ancillary 1-methyl-2-(pyridin-2-yl)-1<italic>H</italic>-perimidine (L<sub>1</sub>, complex 1) and ethyl 2-(2-(pyridin-2-yl)-1<italic>H</italic>-perimidin-1-yl)acetate (L<sub>2</sub>, complex 2) were synthesized and characterized by set of physicochemical methods. Comparison of the results of crystal packing analysis and electronic absorption spectroscopy demonstrates that while exclusion of the rigid perimidine system from conjugation does not allow red-shifting of absorption maxima, both complexes exhibit broad absorption up to 600 nm (ε = 27 000 − 800 M<sup>-1</sup> cm<sup>-1</sup>), comparable to iridium analogs. The results of the study clarify the influence of steric factors on the absorption properties of the complexes and will be used for further development of strongly light-absorbing materials.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Два новых <italic>бис</italic>-циклометаллированных комплекса иридия(III) с 1,2-дифенилбензимидазолом и вспомогательными 1-метил-2-(пиридин-2-ил)-1<italic>H</italic>-перимидином (L<sub>1</sub>, комплекс 1) и этил-2-(2-(пиридин-2-ил)-1<italic>H</italic>-перимидин-1-ил)ацетатом (L<sub>2</sub>, комплекс 2) синтезированы и охарактеризованы методами физико-химического анализа. Из сопоставления результатов анализа кристаллических упаковок и данных электронной спектроскопии поглощения следует, что, хотя выведение жесткой перимидиновой системы из сопряжения не позволяет сдвинуть максимумы экстинкции в длинноволновую область, оба соединения демонстрируют светопоглощение в диапазоне от 300 до 600 нм (ε = 27 000−800 М<sup>-1</sup>·см<sup>-1</sup>), сопоставимое с иридиевыми аналогами. Результаты исследования позволили выявить влияние стерических факторов на абсорбционные свойства комплексов и будут использованы для дальнейшей разработки интенсивно светопоглощающих материалов.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>single crystal X-ray diffraction</kwd><kwd>perimidines</kwd><kwd>electronic spectra</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>рентгеноструктурный анализ</kwd><kwd>перимидины</kwd><kwd>электронные спектры</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><funding-statement xml:lang="ru">Исследование выполнено при поддержке Российского научного фонда (грант № 24–73–10232), https://rscf.ru/project/24–73–10232/.</funding-statement></funding-group></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Longhi E., De Cola L. Iridium(III) Complexes for OLED Application, in: Iridium(III) Optoelectron. Photonics Appl. 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