title: Colorimetric response to anions by a "robust" copper(II) complex of a [9]aneN3 pendant arm derivative: CN- and I- selective sensing.
abstract: The 1 : 1 complex [Cu(L)](BF(4))(2)·MeCN (1) of the tetradentate ligand 1-(2-quinolinylmethyl)-1,4,7-triazacyclononane (L) selectively changes its colour in the presence of CN(-) in H(2)O and MeCN (without undergoing decomplexation from the macrocyclic ligand). The same complex in MeCN assumes different colours in the presence of CN(-) or I(-).
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Zaragoza-CSIC, Departamento de Quimica Inorganica ICMA, Pedro Cerbuna 12, Zaragoza, 50009, Spain.
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aguado Tetilla
authors.forename: M Carla
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authors.lastname: Aragoni
authors.forename: Massimiliano
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authors.lastname: Arca
authors.forename: Claudia
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authors.lastname: Caltagirone
authors.forename: Carla
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authors.lastname: Bazzicalupi
authors.forename: Andrea
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authors.lastname: Bencini
authors.forename: Alessandra
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authors.lastname: Garau
authors.forename: Francesco
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authors.lastname: Isaia
authors.forename: Antonio
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authors.lastname: Laguna
authors.forename: Vito
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authors.lastname: Lippolis
authors.forename: Valeria
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authors.lastname: Meli