title: Synthesis of a quinone-functionalized macrocyclic ligand and the intense fluorescence of its zinc complex.
abstract: The redox-active quinone-functionalized macrocyclic ligand 1,4,14,17-tetrahydroxyhemiporphyrazine, H2hp(OH)4, has been synthesized and its zinc complex, [Zn(hp(OH)4)(py)], found to exhibit intense fluorescence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ruf
authors.forename: William S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Durfee
authors.forename: Cortlandt G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Pierpont