Colorimetric and luminescent sensing of F- anion through strong anion-pi interaction inside the pi-acidic cavity of a pyridyl-triazine bridged trinuclear Re(I)-tricarbonyl diimine complex.
A trinuclear star-shaped organometallic host with a pi-acidic interior cavity has been synthesized and this shows a strong anion-pi interaction with PF6-, as demonstrated in the crystal structure and colorimetric and luminescent responses with F- anion in solution.
Hung
Chen-Yen
CY
Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, 115 Nankang, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Singh
Ashutosh S
AS
Chen
Chih-Wei
CW
Wen
Yuh-Sheng
YS
Sun
Shih-Sheng
SS