Light-Controlled Release and Uptake of Zinc Ions in Solution by a Photochromic Terthiazole-Based Ligand.
We have synthesized and fully characterized a photochromic zinc complex with a terphenylthiazole-based ligand with a salen-like cavity. The solution stability of the complex was found to be greatly dependent on the state of the photochromic ligand and an interesting photo-triggered release and uptake of zinc ions was found as well as monitored by its fluorescence. The contrasting stability difference of the zinc complex between its two isomeric states was rationalized by DFT calculations.
Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux d'Orsay (ICMMO), CNRS, Univ Paris Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91405, Orsay, France.
Juliette
J
Guérin
Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux d'Orsay (ICMMO), CNRS, Univ Paris Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91405, Orsay, France.
Anne
A
Léaustic
LASIR, Université de Lille, CNRS, 59000, Lille, France.
Jérôme
J
Berthet
PPSM, ENS Cachan, Université Paris-Saclay, 61 av. Président Wilson, 94235, Cachan, France.
Rémi
R
Métivier
Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux d'Orsay (ICMMO), CNRS, Univ Paris Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91405, Orsay, France.
Régis
R
Guillot
LASIR, Université de Lille, CNRS, 59000, Lille, France.
Stéphanie
S
Delbaere
PPSM, ENS Cachan, Université Paris-Saclay, 61 av. Président Wilson, 94235, Cachan, France.
Keitaro
K
Nakatani
Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux d'Orsay (ICMMO), CNRS, Univ Paris Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91405, Orsay, France.
Pei
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1801-1579
P
Yu
density functional theory; fluorescence; metalation; photo-switching; photochromism