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Wiley, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 28(53), p. 7259-7263, 2014

DOI: 10.1002/anie.201404847

Wiley, Angewandte Chemie, 28(126), p. 7387-7391, 2014

DOI: 10.1002/ange.201404847

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Supramolecular Luminescent Lanthanide Dimers for Fluoride Sequestering and Sensing

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Abstract

Lanthanide complexes (Ln=Eu, Tb, and Yb) that are based on a C2-symmetric cyclen scaffold were prepared and characterized. The addition of fluoride anions to aqueous solutions of the complexes resulted in the formation of dinuclear supramolecular compounds in which the anion is confined into the cavity that is formed by the two complexes. The supramolecular assembly process was monitored by UV/Vis absorption, luminescence, and NMR spectroscopy and high-resolution mass spectrometry. The X-ray crystal structure of the europium dimer revealed that the architecture of the scaffold is stabilized by synergistic effects of the Eu[BOND]F[BOND]Eu bridging motive, π stacking interactions, and a four-component hydrogen-bonding network, which control the assembly of the two [EuL] entities around the fluoride ion. The strong association in water allowed for the luminescence sensing of fluoride down to a detection limit of 24 nM.