title: Fluorescent dialdehyde ligand for the encapsulation of dinuclear luminescent lanthanide complexes.
abstract: Five dinuclear lanthanide complexes [Ln(III)(2)(hpd)(6)].solvent, Ln(III) = Eu(III) (1.2MeCN), Gd(III) (2.2MeCN), Tb(III) (3.MeCN.MeOH), Dy(III) (4.2MeCN), Ho(III) (5.2MeCN) and Hhpd (2-Hydroxyisophthaldehyde) were synthesised and structurally and magnetically characterised. X-Ray structural analysis shows all complexes are isostructural and crystallise in the triclinic P1 space group. The dinuclear complexes are composed of eight-coordinate lanthanide ions linked by two phenoxide bridges from two hpd(-) ligands. Complex 1 exhibits characteristic fluorescence in the visible region.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Ottawa, 10 Marie-Curie, 45, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada.
authors.forename: Po-Heng
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Mathieu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Leclère
authors.forename: Jérôme
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Long
authors.forename: Tara J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Burchell
authors.forename: Ilia
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Korobkov
authors.forename: Rodolphe
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Clérac
authors.forename: Muralee
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Murugesu