title: One-pot synthesis of 2,5-diethynyl-3,4-dibutylthiophene substituted multitopic bipyridine ligands: redox and photophysical properties of their ruthenium(II) complexes.
abstract: A facile and original synthesis of four 2,2'-bipyridine (bipy) ligands grafted with thiophene subunits is described using phase transfer experimental conditions: related Ru(II) complexes exhibit well-defined redox and photophysical properties which were probed by cyclic voltammetry, UV-vis, steady-state emission and transient absorption spectroscopy.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Chimie Moléculaire, UMR 7008, ECPM, 25 rue Becquerel, 67087 Strasbourg Cedex 02, France.
authors.forename: Antoinette
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: De Nicola
authors.forename: Yao
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Kirk S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Schanze
authors.forename: Raymond
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ziessel