Luminescent dinuclear lanthanide complexes of 5-Me-HXTA

Louise S. Natrajan, Phillipa L. Timmins, Matthew Lunn, Sarah L. Heath

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    Abstract

    The synthesis and characterization of a series of anionic homobimetallic lanthanide complexes of the septadentate chelate 5-Me-HXTA (N,N-(2 hydroxy-5-methyl-1,3-xylylene)bis(N-(carboxymethyl)glycine) is described (Ln = Nd, Sm, Eu, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Yb). Single X-ray crystallography confirms that the complexes exist as discrete dimeric pairs in the solid state. Proton NMR, diffusion-ordered spectroscopy, and luminescence solution studies suggest that the binuclear stoichiometry is retained in aqueous solution over a range of analytically useful concentrations. The phenolic chromophores effectively sensitize the visible and near-infrared lanthanide-centered emission in the terbium, neodymium, and ytterbium derivatives, giving rise to particularly long-lived green and near-infrared emission. The terbium complex displays a high quantum yield of around 50% in aqueous solution with a low detection limit of 1 × 10-12 M, rendering this compound a potential candidate for time-resolved applications. © 2007 American Chemical Society.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)10877-10886
    Number of pages9
    JournalInorganic Chemistry: including bioinorganic chemistry
    Volume46
    Issue number25
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 10 Dec 2007

    Keywords

    • NEAR-INFRARED LUMINESCENCE
    • TIME-RESOLVED LUMINESCENCE
    • DIFFUSION-ORDERED SPECTROSCOPY
    • VISIBLE-LIGHT SENSITIZATION
    • TRIPLE-HELICAL COMPLEXES
    • RAY CRYSTAL-STRUCTURES
    • PHOTOPHYSICAL
    • PROPERTIES
    • ENERGY-TRANSFER
    • SOLID-STATE
    • NEODYMIUM COMPLEXES

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