Reversible luminescence switching of a redox-active ferrocene-europium dyad

Manuel Tropiano; Nathan L Kilah; Michael Morten; Habibur Rahman; Jason J Davis; Paul D Beer; Stephen Faulkner

doi:10.1021/ja203069s

Reversible luminescence switching of a redox-active ferrocene-europium dyad

J Am Chem Soc. 2011 Aug 10;133(31):11847-9. doi: 10.1021/ja203069s. Epub 2011 Jul 20.

Authors

Manuel Tropiano¹, Nathan L Kilah, Michael Morten, Habibur Rahman, Jason J Davis, Paul D Beer, Stephen Faulkner

Affiliation

¹ Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TA, UK.

PMID: 21761827
DOI: 10.1021/ja203069s

Abstract

The copper-catalyzed cycloaddition reaction between a propargyl-appended europium complex and azidomethylferrocene yields a d-f dyad whose photophysical properties can be reversibly switched by varying the oxidation state of the ferrocene chromophore.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Catalysis
Copper / chemistry
Cyclization
Europium / chemistry*
Ferrous Compounds / chemistry*
Luminescence*
Metallocenes
Molecular Structure
Organometallic Compounds / chemical synthesis
Organometallic Compounds / chemistry*
Oxidation-Reduction

Substances

Ferrous Compounds
Metallocenes
Organometallic Compounds
Europium
Copper
ferrocene