Luminescence behaviour of stable europium and terbium complexes of tetraaza phosphinates: efficient through-space energy transfer from phenyl to terbium

  • Marcella Murru
  • , David Parker*
  • , Gareth Williams
  • , Andrew Beeby
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Anionic and neutral complexes of europium and terbium with tetraaza phosphinate ligands are formed rapidly and are kinetically stable in vivo; the tetrakis(benzylphosphinate) terbium complex luminesces strongly via excitation into the proximate benzyl group involving efficient intramolecular energy transfer.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1116-1118
Number of pages3
JournalJournal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
Issue number14
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 1993

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