title: Anion sensing by solution- and surface-assembled osmium(II) bipyridyl rotaxanes.
abstract: We report the preparation of [2]rotaxanes containing an electrochemically and optically active osmium(II) bipyridyl macrocyclic component mechanically bonded with cationic pyridinium axles. Such interlocked host systems are demonstrated to recognise and sense anionic guest species as shown by (1)H NMR, luminescence and electrochemical studies. The rotaxanes can be surface assembled on to gold electrodes through anion templation under click copper(I)-catalysed Huisgen cycloaddition conditions to form rotaxane molecular films, which, after template removal, respond electrochemically and selectively to chloride.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QZ (UK).
authors.forename: Joshua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lehr
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lang
authors.forename: Octavia A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Blackburn
authors.forename: Timothy A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Barendt
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Faulkner
authors.forename: Jason J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: Paul D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Beer
keywords: anion sensing; osmium; rotaxanes; self-assembly; surface immobilization