A mononuclear manganese(II) complex with a chelating 4-(3,5-diphenyl-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)-6-(piperidin-1-yl)pyrimidine ligand (L), [MnL₂Cl₂]·H₂O, shows intriguing excitation wavelength-dependent emission. Depending on the excitation wavelength, the complex demonstrates three emission bands with the maxima at 380 nm, 440 nm and 495 nm. The 380 nm and 440 nm emissions originate from the π → π* and n → π* ligand-centered transitions. The long-wave 495 nm emission with microsecond lifetimes is related to the d–d transitions and/or metal-to-ligand and halogen-to-ligand charge transfer. The emission behavior of this complex is strongly temperature-dependent: upon cooling from 300 K down to 77 K, the intensity of emission considerably increases. The enhancement of the luminescence upon cooling is accompanied by the appearance of the vibrational structure. This complex is the first example of manganese(II) complexes demonstrating excitation wavelength-dependent emission.

The 1D CPs of [Mn(L)X₂]_n type (X = Cl, Br, I), designed on 1,7-bis(diphenylphosphinyl)-m-carborane (L), show bright phosphorescence and triboluminescence, as well as exhibit thermo- and solvatochromic luminescence.

Two novel applications of functionalized 2,1,3-benzothiadiazoles for metal coordination chemistry and crystal engineering of organic solids are presented. 4-Amino-2,1,3-benzothiadiazole (1) forms a 2 : 1 complex with ZnCl₂ (complex 2) and a 1 : 1 complex with 4-nitro-2,1,3-benzothiadiazole (3) (complex 4). The structures of compounds 1–4 were confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and studied by UV-Vis and IR spectroscopy, and DFT and QTAIM calculations. Complex 2 is the first structurally defined Zn complex with 2,1,3-benzothiadiazole ligands. In this complex, both molecules 1 are coordinated to Zn only by amino groups, thus revealing a novel type of coordination of this ligand to the metal center. According to ¹H NMR data, complex 2 dissociates in CHCl₃, THF or DMSO solutions. There are only a few examples of similar complexes, which are also considered to dissociate in solutions. In crystalline complex 4, molecules 1 and 3 form infinite alternating π-stacks connected by lateral S⋯N interactions between the neighboring stacks. Intermolecular S⋯N interactions are also observed in the crystals of individual 1 and 3 but the packing motifs are different from those in 4. DFT calculations predict a small charge transfer (CT, ∼0.02e at B97-D3 level) from 1 to 3 upon the formation of 4, which therefore is an unprecedented CT complex where both donor and acceptor moieties are the derivatives of the 2,1,3-benzothiadiazole ring system. This finding creates some new prospects for the crystal engineering of organic solids. Crystalline complex 4 is characterized by an intense CT absorption band with a maximum at ∼550 nm. However, according to DFT and QTAIM calculations the complex is weakly bonded and its formation is not observed in CH₂Cl₂ solution with ¹H NMR and UV-Vis techniques.