ligands with a high octahedricity in rigid iron (II) complexes increases the 3MLCT lifetime
from 0.15 ps in the prototypical [Fe (tpy) 2] 2+ complex to 9.2 ps in [Fe (dpmi) 2] 2+ 12+. The
tripodal CNN ligand dpmi (di (pyridine-2-yl)(3-methylimidazol-2-yl) methane) forms six-
membered chelate rings with the iron (II) centre leading to close to 90° bite angles and
enhanced iron-ligand orbital overlap.