Eu(III)-cyclen-phen conjugate as a luminescent copper sensor: the formation of mixed polymetallic macrocyclic complexes in water.
The cationic cyclen based Eu(III)-phen conjugated 1.Eu was synthesised as a chemosensor for Cu(II), where the recognition in water at pH 7.4 gave rise to quenching of the Eu(III) luminescence and the formation of tetranuclear polymetallic Cu(II)-Eu(III) macrocyclic complexes in solution where Cu(II) was bound by three 1.Eu conjugates.
Gunnlaugsson
Thorfinnur
T
Department of Chemistry, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland. gunnlaut@tcd.ie
Leonard
Joseph P
JP
Sénéchal
Katell
K
Harte
Andrew J
AJ