Abad Galan, Laura
[Author];
Cieslik, Patrick
[Author];
Comba, Peter
[Author];
Gast, Michael
[Author];
Maury, Olivier
[Author];
Neupert, Lucca
[Author];
Roux, Amandine
[Author];
Wadepohl, Hubert
[Author]
Excited state properties of Lanthanide(III) complexes with a nonadentate bispidine ligand
Description:
EuIII, TbIII, GdIII and YbIII complexes of the nonadentate bispidine derivative L2 (bispidine=3,7-diazabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane) were successfully synthesized and their emission properties studied. The X-ray crystallography reveals full encapsulation by the nonadentate ligand L2 that enforces to all LnIII cations a common highly symmetrical capped square antiprismatic (CSAPR) coordination geometry (pseudo C4v symmetry). The well-resolved identical emission spectra in solid state and in solution confirm equal structures in both media. As therefore expected, this results in long-lived excited states and high emission quantum yields ([EuIIIL2]+, H2O, 298 K, τ=1.51 ms, ϕ=0.35; [TbIIIL2]+, H2O, 298 K, τ=1.95 ms, ϕ=0.68). Together with the very high kinetic and thermodynamic stabilities, these complexes are a possible basis for interesting biological probes.