Aminoethylglycine-functionalized Ru(bpy)3(2+) with pendant bipyridines self-assemble multimetallic complexes by copper and zinc coordination.
Directed self-assembly using inorganic coordination chemistry is an attractive approach for making functional supramolecular structures. In this article, the synthesis and characterization of Ru(bpy) 3 (2+) compounds derivatized with aminoethylglycine (aeg) substituents containing pendant bipyridine (bpy) ligands is presented. The free bpy ligands in these complexes are available for metal chelation to form coordinative cross-links; addition of Cu (2+) or Zn (2+) assembles heterometallic structures containing two or three transition-metal complexes. Control over relative placement of metal complexes is accomplished using two strategies: two bipyridine-containing aeg strands tethered to Ru(bpy) 3 (2+) allow intramolecular coordination and result in a dimetallic hairpin motif. Ru(bpy) 3 (2+) modified with a single strand forms intermolecular cross-links forming the trimetallic complex. Each of these is characterized by a range of methods, and their photophysical properties are compared. These data, and comparison to an acetyl aeg- modified Ru(bpy) 3 (2+) complex, confirm that the metal ions cross-link bpy-containing aeg strands. Heterometallic complexes containing bound Cu (2+) cause a dramatic reduction in the Ru(bpy) 3 (2+) quantum yields and lifetimes. In contrast, the Ru(bpy) 3 (2+) hairpin with coordinated Zn (2+) has only a slight decrease in quantum yield but no change in lifetime, which could be a result of steric impacts on structure in the dimetallic species. Analogous effects are not observed in the trimetallic Ru-Zn-Ru structures in which this constraint is absent. Each of these heterometallic structures represents a facile and reconfigurable means to construct multimetallic structures by metal-coordination-based self-assembly of modular artificial peptide units.
Myers
Carl P
CP
Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA.
Gilmartin
Brian P
BP
Williams
Mary Elizabeth
ME
D015082:2,2'-Dipyridyl / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D000042:Absorption; D056831:Coordination Complexes; D003300:Copper / Q000737:chemistry*; D005998:Glycine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry*; D008024:Ligands; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry; D013053:Spectrophotometry; D017186:Titrimetry; D015032:Zinc / Q000737:chemistry*; D017975:Ruthenium Compounds
D015082:2,2'-Dipyridyl; D056831:Coordination Complexes; D003300:Copper; D005998:Glycine; D008024:Ligands; D010455:Peptides; D015032:Zinc; C547232:tris(2,2-bipyridine)-ruthenium(II); D017975:Ruthenium Compounds