Design and synthesis of a near infra-red luminescent hexanuclear Zn-Nd prism

Xiao-Ping Yang; Richard A Jones; Wai-Kwok Wong; Vince Lynch; Michael M Oye; Archie L Holmes

doi:10.1039/b518128c

Design and synthesis of a near infra-red luminescent hexanuclear Zn-Nd prism

Chem Commun (Camb). 2006 May 7:(17):1836-8. doi: 10.1039/b518128c. Epub 2006 Mar 28.

Authors

Xiao-Ping Yang¹, Richard A Jones, Wai-Kwok Wong, Vince Lynch, Michael M Oye, Archie L Holmes

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station A5300, Austin, TX 78712-0165, USA.

PMID: 16622500
DOI: 10.1039/b518128c

Abstract

The use of the Schiff-base ligand N,N'-bis(5-bromo-3-methoxysalicylidene)propylene-1,3-diamine (H2L) and 1,4-benzenedicarboxylate (BDC) enables the construction of the hexanuclear luminescent Zn-Nd complex [Zn4Nd2L4(1,4-BDC)2].[Nd(NO3)5(H2O)].Et2O.2EtOH.3H2O.