TY - JOUR
T1 - Syntheses, crystal structures, and luminescent properties of lanthanide complexes with tripodal ligands bearing benzimidazole and pyridine groups
AU - Yang, Xiao Ping
AU - Kang, Bei Sheng
AU - WONG, Rick W K
AU - Su, Cheng Yong
AU - Liu, Han Qin
N1 - Financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications of Peking University, the Hong Kong Baptist University (Grant FRG/00-01/II-40), and the Hong Kong Research Grants Council is greatly appreciated.
PY - 2003/1
Y1 - 2003/1
N2 - Two tripodal ligands, bis(2-benzimidazolylmethyl)(2-pyridylmethyl)amine (L1) and bis(2-pyridylmethyl)(2-benzimidazolylmethyl)amine (L2), were synthesized. With the third chromophoric ligand antipyrine (Antipy), three series of lanthanide(III) complexes were prepared: [LnL1(Antipy)3](ClO4)3 (series A), [LnL1(Antipy)Cl(H2O)2] Cl2(H2O)2 (series B), and [LnL2(NO3)3] (series C). The nitrate salt of the free ligand H2L1·(NO3)2 and six complexes were structurally characterized: Pr3+A, Y3+A, Eu3+B, Eu3+C, Gd3+C and Tb3+C, in which the two A and three C complexes are isomorphous. Crystallographic studies showed that tripodal ligands L1 and L2 exhibited a tripodal coordination mode and formed 1:1 complexes with all lanthanide metal ions. The coordination numbers of the lanthanide metal ions for the A, B, and C complexes were 7, 8, and 10, respectively. Conductivity studies on the B and C complexes in methanol showed that, in the former, the coordinated Cl- dissociated to give 3:1 electrolytes and, in the latter, two coordinated NO3- ions dissociated to give 2:1 electrolytes. Detailed photophysical studies have been performed on the free ligands and their Gd(III), Eu(III), and Tb(III) complexes in several solvents. The results show a wide range in the emission properties of the complexes, which could be rationalized in terms of the coordination situation, the 3LC level of the complexes, and the subtle variations in the steric properties of the ligands. In particular the Eu3+A and Tb3+A complexes, in which the central metal ions were wholly coordinated by chromophoric ligands of one L1 and three antipyrine molecules, had relatively higher emission quantum yields than their corresponding B and C complexes.
AB - Two tripodal ligands, bis(2-benzimidazolylmethyl)(2-pyridylmethyl)amine (L1) and bis(2-pyridylmethyl)(2-benzimidazolylmethyl)amine (L2), were synthesized. With the third chromophoric ligand antipyrine (Antipy), three series of lanthanide(III) complexes were prepared: [LnL1(Antipy)3](ClO4)3 (series A), [LnL1(Antipy)Cl(H2O)2] Cl2(H2O)2 (series B), and [LnL2(NO3)3] (series C). The nitrate salt of the free ligand H2L1·(NO3)2 and six complexes were structurally characterized: Pr3+A, Y3+A, Eu3+B, Eu3+C, Gd3+C and Tb3+C, in which the two A and three C complexes are isomorphous. Crystallographic studies showed that tripodal ligands L1 and L2 exhibited a tripodal coordination mode and formed 1:1 complexes with all lanthanide metal ions. The coordination numbers of the lanthanide metal ions for the A, B, and C complexes were 7, 8, and 10, respectively. Conductivity studies on the B and C complexes in methanol showed that, in the former, the coordinated Cl- dissociated to give 3:1 electrolytes and, in the latter, two coordinated NO3- ions dissociated to give 2:1 electrolytes. Detailed photophysical studies have been performed on the free ligands and their Gd(III), Eu(III), and Tb(III) complexes in several solvents. The results show a wide range in the emission properties of the complexes, which could be rationalized in terms of the coordination situation, the 3LC level of the complexes, and the subtle variations in the steric properties of the ligands. In particular the Eu3+A and Tb3+A complexes, in which the central metal ions were wholly coordinated by chromophoric ligands of one L1 and three antipyrine molecules, had relatively higher emission quantum yields than their corresponding B and C complexes.
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U2 - 10.1021/ic025799p
DO - 10.1021/ic025799p
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 12513092
AN - SCOPUS:0037237116
SN - 0020-1669
VL - 42
SP - 169
EP - 179
JO - Inorganic Chemistry
JF - Inorganic Chemistry
IS - 1
ER -