title: Luminescence properties of heterodinuclear Pt-Eu complexes from unusual nonadentate ligands.
abstract: The synthesis of ligand L(1), based on the tetramethyl ester of [4'-ethynyl-(6,6''-bis(aminomethyl))-2,2':6',2''-terpyridine]tetrakisacetate, and its acidic form L(2), are described. Using a Cu-assisted coupling reaction, L(1) was connected to the Pt atom of a [(tpy)Pt] precursor (tpy = 2,2':6',2''-terpyridine) to afford the [(tpy)PtL(1)](BF(4)) metallosynthon, from which a hydrolysis reaction gave Na(3)[(tpy)PtL(2)]. The photophysical properties of the metallosynthons were studied by means of absorption and steady state emission spectroscopic techniques in various solvents, which revealed a dramatic impact of the solvent polarity. DFT and TDDFT calculations (B3LYP) were used to investigate the absorption and emission properties of the [(tpy)PtL(1)](+) system both in vacuo and in different solvents. Spectrophotometric titrations of [(tpy)PtL(1)](+) with EuCl(3) x 6 H(2)O in acetonitrile revealed the formation of complicated mixtures of complexes with different [(tpyPt(1))(x)Eu(y)] stoichiometries, all of which display the typical Eu(III) centred luminescence upon excitation into the Pt centred (1)MLCT absorption band. The energy transfer from the Pt subunit of [(tpy)PtL(2)](3-) to Eu(III) is inefficient in polar solvents, but it is restored in a TFA-CH(2)Cl(2) mixture, together with the observation of a new emission band at 684 nm, likely arising from a charge transfer process involving reduction of Eu(III).
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Chimie Organique et Spectroscopie Avancées, UDS, UMR7515-CNRS, ECPM, 25 rue Becquerel, 67087, Strasbourg Cedex 2, France.
authors.forename: Pascal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kadjane
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Platas-Iglesias
authors.forename: Raymond
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ziessel
authors.forename: Loïc J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Charbonnière
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D005063:Europium / Q000737:chemistry*; D008024:Ligands; D049449:Luminescence; D008956:Models, Chemical; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D010984:Platinum / Q000737:chemistry*; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D008024:Ligands; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D005063:Europium; D010984:Platinum