10.1039/c2dt31308a
The study investigates a new family of ligands based on picoline, bipyridine, and terpyridine, each containing a nitro moiety, and their coordination and sensitization abilities for lanthanide ions, specifically europium(III) (Eu(III)) and terbium(III) (Tb(III)). The researchers synthesized four ligands: 6-nitro-2,2'-bipyridine (5a), 6'-methyl-6-nitro-2,2'-bipyridine (5b), 6-nitro-2,2';6',2''-terpyridine (5c), and bis(pyridin-2-ylmethyl)(6-nitro-pyridin-2-ylmethyl)amine (6). These ligands were found to coordinate not only through the pyridine nitrogen but also through an oxygen atom of the nitro moiety. The study characterized three new complexes using X-ray single crystal diffraction: 5cTb (a terpyridine-nitro derivative with Tb(NO3)3), its Eu(III) analog 5cEu, and 6Eu (a tripodal amine with a nitro-derivatized pyridine with Eu(CF3SO3)3). All four ligands demonstrated the ability to sensitize Eu(III) and Tb(III) luminescence. The study also explored the photophysical properties of these ligands and their complexes, finding that while the ligands adequately positioned their singlet and triplet states for energy transfer, the process was inefficient, likely due to competing energy transfer pathways involving the nitro group.
10.1016/j.jssc.2010.06.015
The research investigates the synthesis and structural characterization of a series of coordination compounds containing Cu(N–N)2Cl2, Cu(N–N–N)Cl2, and HgCl2 building blocks. The purpose of this study is to explore the structural dimensionality and magnetic properties of these compounds, which are synthesized using various ligands such as bis(pyrazol-1-yl)methane (bpzm), bis(3,5-dimethylpyrazol-1-yl)methane (bdmpzm), 2,2-dipyridylamine (dpa), 5,6-diphenyl-3-(2-pyridyl)-1,2,4-trazine (dppt), 2,2'-bipyridine (bipy), and 2,2:6,2'-terpyridine (terpy). The researchers observed an increase in structural dimensionality for compounds [Cu(bpzm)2][HgCl4], [Cu(dpa)2][HgCl3]2, and [Cu(terpy)(m-Cl)HgCl3], and conducted magnetic measurements on complexes [Cu(bpzm)2][HgCl4] and [Cu(terpy)(m-Cl)HgCl3]. The study concludes that the HgCl2 moiety can accept chloride ligands from the Cu(II) centers to form binuclear or polynuclear complexes, and in the case of [Cu(terpy)(m-Cl)HgCl3], there is very weak antiferromagnetic interaction of copper centers in the one-dimensional chain.