ISSN:
0018-019X
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Organic Chemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
The ligand 2,6-bis(1-methylbenzimidazol-2-yl)pyridine (mbzimpy, 1) reacts with EuIII to give [Eu(mbzimpy)(NO3)3(CH3OH)] [4] whose crystal structure (EuC22H21N8O10, a = 7.658(3) Å, b = 19.136(2) Å, c = 8.882 Å, β = 104.07(1)°, monoclinic, P21, Z = 2) shows a mononuclear structure where EuIII is ten-coordinate by a meridional tridentate mbzimpy ligand, three bidentate nitrates, and one CH3OH molecule, leading to a low-symmetry coordination sphere around the metalion. Essentially the same coordination is found in the crystal structure of [Eu(obzimpy)(NO3)3] (8) (EuC35H45N8O9, a = 9.095(2) Å, b = 16.624(2) Å, c = 26.198(6) Å, β = 95.85(1)°, monoclinic, P21/c, Z = 4) obtained by reaction of 2,6-bis(1-octylbenzimidazol-2-yl)pyridine (obzimpy, 2) with EuIII. Detailed photophysical studies of crystalline [Ln(mbzimpy)(NO3)3(CH3OH)] and [Ln(obzimpy)(NO3)3] complexes (Ln = Eu, Gd, Tb, Lu) show that 1 and 2 display 1ππ* and 3ππ* excited states very similar to those observed in 2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridine, leading to efficient ligand to LnIII intramolecular energy transfer. Spectroscopic results show that an extremely efficient mbzimpy-to-EuIII transfer occurs in [Ln(mbzimpy)(NO3)3(CH3OH)] and in the case of TbIII, a TbIII-to-mbzimpy back transfer is also implied in the deactivation process. The origin of these peculiar effects and the influence of ligand design by going from mbzimpy to obzimpy are discussed. 1H-NMR and luminescence data indicate that the structure found in the crystal is essentially maintained in solution.
Additional Material:
14 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hlca.19920750523
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