Issue 25, 2011
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Chemical Communications

Lanthanide directed self-assembly formations of Tb(iii) and Eu(iii) luminescent complexes from tryptophan based pyridyl amide ligands†‡

Christophe Lincheneau,a   Joseph P. Leonard,a   Thomas McCabea  and  Thorfinnur Gunnlaugsson*a  

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a School of Chemistry, Centre for Synthesis and Chemical Biology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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Abstract

The formation of self-assembly complexes between the ligands 1 (SS) and 2 (RR) and terbium or europium was undertaken and shown (using various spectroscopic titrations) to give rise to the exclusive formation of 2 : 1 (L : Ln) stoichiometry and not the anticipated 3 : 1 stoichiometry.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C1CC11326G
Article type
Communication
Submitted
07 Mar 2011
Accepted
28 Apr 2011
First published
26 May 2011

Chem. Commun., 2011,47, 7119-7121

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Lanthanide directed self-assembly formations of Tb(III) and Eu(III) luminescent complexes from tryptophan based pyridyl amide ligands

C. Lincheneau, J. P. Leonard, T. McCabe and T. Gunnlaugsson, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 7119 DOI: 10.1039/C1CC11326G

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