Issue 10, 2013

Ln2M complexes (M = Ru, Re) derived from a bismacrocyclic ligand containing a 4,4′-dimethyl-2,2′-bipyridyl bridging unit

Abstract

Homodinuclear lanthanide complexes derived from a ligand featuring two DO3A chelating sites linked by a 4,4′-dimethyl-2,2′-bipyridyl spacer were prepared and characterized. The bipyridyl coordination site of 1 was used to introduce Ru(Bpy)2 and Re(CO)3Cl moieties, leading to the formation of heterometallic d–f2 complexes with general formulae [Ln2·1·Ru(Bpy)2]2+ (Ln = Nd, Eu, Tb, Yb and Lu) and [Ln2·1·Re(CO)3Cl] (Ln = Nd, Yb and Lu). The luminescence properties of the complexes were investigated by means of absorption spectroscopy and steady-state and time-resolved luminescence spectroscopy covering the visible and NIR regions. Both Ru and Re chromophores were shown to act as efficient sensitizers of the NIR emission of Yb and Nd in aqueous solutions. We also consider the unsaturated coordination spheres of the Ln cations in the Ln2·1 complexes, which form ternary complexes with bidentate anions without showing particular synergistic effects for polyanionic species.

Graphical abstract: Ln2M complexes (M = Ru, Re) derived from a bismacrocyclic ligand containing a 4,4′-dimethyl-2,2′-bipyridyl bridging unit

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
06 Nov 2012
Accepted
07 Dec 2012
First published
07 Dec 2012

Dalton Trans., 2013,42, 3667-3681

Ln2M complexes (M = Ru, Re) derived from a bismacrocyclic ligand containing a 4,4′-dimethyl-2,2′-bipyridyl bridging unit

L. J. Charbonnière, S. Faulkner, C. Platas-Iglesias, M. Regueiro-Figueroa, A. Nonat, T. Rodríguez-Blas, A. de Blas, W. S. Perry and M. Tropiano, Dalton Trans., 2013, 42, 3667 DOI: 10.1039/C2DT32660D

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