Effect of auxiliary-ligand on assembly of lanthanide(III) complexes with quinoline-2-carboxylic acid: Synthesis, structure, photoluminescent and magnetic properties

Novel stable ytterbium acetylacetonate-quinaldinate complexes as single-molecule magnets and surprisingly efficient luminophores

The first Yb complexes comprising a quinoline-2-carboxylate (quinaldinate, Q-) ligand, namely 1D-polymeric [Yb(acac)2(Q)]n (1, acac- is the acetylacetonate (pentane-2,4-dionate) anion) and mononuclear [Yb(acac)2(Q)(Phen)] (2, Phen is 1,10-phenanthroline), are reported. The bifunctionality of both complexes as field-induced single-molecule magnets (SMMs) and near IR luminophores has been revealed. The SMM properties of 1 and 2 have been discussed in terms of the geometry and composition of the coordination environment. Also, 1 is the first example of 1D-polymeric SMMs with the capped octahedral surrounding of Yb3+. The photoluminescence quantum yields (PLQYs) of 1 and 2 are 2 and 4%, respectively. The origins of this difference are discussed. Surprisingly, the PLQY value of 2 is high for compounds comprising a lot of C-H vibrational quenchers, being the highest one for reliably characterized Yb β-diketonate complexes, and surpassing those for complexes with a broad range of anionic ligands. In this respect, the role of the Phen ligand is to tune the coordination mode of Q- thereby decreasing the energy of coordinating C-O oscillators rather than to act as a typical antenna ligand. These results can give rise to an alternative route to elaborate efficient Yb-based luminophores via the substitution of the β-diketonate ligands controlled by the introduction of appropriate neutral ligands.

Syntheses and crystal structures of new dinuclear lanthanide complexes based on 3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)propanoic acid: Hirshfeld surface analyses and photoluminescence sensing

A series of ten new lanthanide complexes, [Ln₂(HPA)₆(bipy)₂·4H₂O·2bipy], were synthesized and their photoluminescence sensing and Hirshfeld surface analyses performed.

Evolution from linear tetranuclear clusters into one-dimensional chains of Dy(iii) single-molecule magnets with an enhanced energy barrier

Structural evolution from Dy₄ clusters into 1D Dy(iii)-chains, the anisotropy energy barrier is enhanced from 45.4(2) to 144.2(1) K.

A series of lanthanide complexes with different N-donor ligands: synthesis, structures, thermal properties and luminescence behaviors

Complexes 1 and 2 are stitched together via Cl–π and hydrogen bonding interactions to form 1D, 2D, 3D supramolecular structures, while complexes 3 and 4 are packed together by Cl–Cl, π–π, and hydrogen bonding interactions to form 1D, 2D structures.