Zhang Z, Zhou Y, Gao T, Yan P, Zou X, Li H. Diastereoselective self-assembly of a triple-stranded europium helicate with light modulated chiroptical properties.
Dalton Trans 2021;
50:4604-4612. [PMID:
33710241 DOI:
10.1039/d1dt00251a]
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Abstract
Chiroptical photoswitches are of increasing interest for their potential in advanced information technologies. Herein, an achiral bis-β-diketonate ligand (o-L) with a photoresponsive diarylethene moiety as a linker was designed, which co-assembled with Eu3+ ions and R- and S-bis(diphenylphosphoryl)-1,10-binaphthyl (R/S-BINAPO) as chiral ancillaries to form dinuclear triple-stranded helicates, [Eu2(o-L)3(R/S-BINAPO)2]. The helicates in the enantiopure form were confirmed by 1H, 19F, 31P NMR and DOSY NMR analyses. Furthermore, the mirror-image CD and CPL spectra also demonstrate the existence of stable ground- and excited-state chiralities in solution. When exposed to alternate ultraviolet and visible light, the helicates showed reversible color variations from colorless to purple, followed by the presence of light-triggered quadruple optical and chiroptical outputs, named CD, PL, CPL and glum switches. With these light-modulated optical outputs, the possibility for the fabrication of IMPLICATION and INHIBIT logic gates was discussed.
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