Tetrathiafulvalene‐amido‐2‐pyridine‐N‐oxide as Efficient Charge‐Transfer Antenna Ligand for the Sensitization of YbIII Luminescence in a Series of Lanthanide Paramagnetic Coordination Complexes |
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Authors: | Dr Fabrice Pointillart Dr Thomas Cauchy Dr Olivier Maury Yann Le?Gal Dr Stéphane Golhen Dr Olivier Cador Dr Lahcène Ouahab |
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Institution: | 1. Sciences Chimiques de Rennes, UMR 6226 CNRS, Université de Rennes 1, 263 Avenue du Général Leclerc, 35042 Rennes Cedex (France), Fax: (+33)?223236840;2. Laboratoire de Chimie de l'ENS‐LYON‐UMR 5182, 46 Allée d'Italie, 69364 Lyon Cedex 07 (France) |
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Abstract: | The tetrathiafulvalene‐amido‐2‐pyridine‐N‐oxide ( L ) ligand has been employed to coordinate 4f elements. The architecture of the complexes mainly depends on the ionic radii of the lanthanides. Thus, the reaction of L in the same experimental protocol leads to three different molecular structure series. Binuclear Ln2(hfac)5(O2CPhCl)( L )3] ? 2 H2O (hfac?=1,1,1,5,5,5‐hexafluoroacetylacetonate anion, O2CPhCl?=3‐chlorobenzoate anion) and mononuclear Ln(hfac)3( L )2] complexes were obtained by using rare‐earth ions with either large (LnIII=Pr, Gd) or small (LnIII=Y, Yb) ionic radius, respectively, whereas the use of TbIII that possesses an intermediate ionic radius led to the formation of a binuclear complex of formula Tb2(hfac)4(O2CPhCl)2( L )2]. Antiferromagnetic interactions have been observed in the three dinuclear compounds by using an extended empirical method. Photophysical properties of the coordination complexes have been studied by solid‐state absorption spectroscopy, whereas time‐dependent density functional theory (TD‐DFT) calculations have been carried out on the diamagnetic YIII derivative to build a molecular orbital diagram and to reproduce the absorption spectrum. For the Yb(hfac)3( L )2] complex, the excitation at 19 600 cm?1 of the HOMO→LUMO+1/LUMO+2 charge‐transfer transition induces both line‐shape emissions in the near‐IR spectral range assigned to the 2F5/2→2F7/2 (9860 cm?1) ytterbium‐centered transition and a residual charge‐transfer emission around 13 150 cm?1. An efficient antenna effect that proceeds through energy transfer from the singlet excited state of the tetrathiafulvalene‐amido‐2‐pyridine‐N‐oxide chromophore is evidence of the YbIII sensitization. |
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Keywords: | density functional calculations lanthanides luminescence magnetic properties tetrathiafulvalene |
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