Anion dependent self-assembly of a linear hexanuclear Yb(III) salen complex with enhanced near-infrared (NIR) luminescence properties

Xiaoping Yang; Michael M Oye; Richard A Jones; Shaoming Huang

doi:10.1039/c3cc45651j

Anion dependent self-assembly of a linear hexanuclear Yb(III) salen complex with enhanced near-infrared (NIR) luminescence properties

Chem Commun (Camb). 2013 Oct 25;49(83):9579-81. doi: 10.1039/c3cc45651j.

Authors

Xiaoping Yang¹, Michael M Oye, Richard A Jones, Shaoming Huang

Affiliation

¹ College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, China. smhuang@wzu.edu.cn xpyang@wzu.edu.cn.

PMID: 24019025
DOI: 10.1039/c3cc45651j

Abstract

Reactions of H2salen (H2L, N,N'-ethylene bis(salicylideneimine)) with Yb(CF3SO3)3, Yb(OAc)34H2O and Yb(NO3)36H2O in MeOH–EtOH under reflux gave NIR luminescent complexes [Yb6L9(H2L)2] (1), [Yb3L3(HL)(OH)2] (2) and [Yb2L2(H2L)2(NO3)(MeOH)2]NO3 (3), respectively.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Anions / chemistry*
Crystallography, X-Ray
Ethylenediamines / chemistry*
Luminescence
Luminescent Agents / chemistry*
Models, Molecular
Ytterbium / chemistry*

Substances

Anions
Ethylenediamines
Luminescent Agents
disalicylaldehyde ethylenediamine
Ytterbium