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Nurnabi M, Gurusamy S, Wu JY, Lee CC, Sathiyendiran M, Huang SM, Chang CH, Chao I, Lee GH, Peng SM, Sathish V, Thanasekaran P, Lu KL. Aggregation-induced emission enhancement (AIEE) of tetrarhenium(I) metallacycles and their application as luminescent sensors for nitroaromatics and antibiotics. Dalton Trans 2023; 52:1939-1949. [PMID: 36691828 DOI: 10.1039/d2dt03408e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
Abstract
The self-assembly of tetrarhenium metallacycles [{Re(CO)3}2(μ-dhaq)(μ-N-N)]2 (3a, N-N = 1,3-bis(1-butylbenzimidazol-2-yl)benzene; 3b, N-N = 1,3-bis(1-octylbenzimidazol-2-yl)benzene), (H2-dhaq = 1,4-dihydroxy-9,10-anthraquinone) and [{Re(CO)3}2(μ-thaq)(μ-N-N)]2 (4, N-N = 1,3-bis(1-butylbenzimidazol-2-yl)benzene), (H2-thaq = 1,2,4-trihydroxy-9,10-anthraquinone) under solvothermal conditions is described. The metallacycles 3a,b and 4 underwent aggregation-induced emission enhancement (AIEE) in THF upon the incremental addition of water. TEM images revealed that metallacycle 3a in a 60% aqueous THF solution formed rectangular aggregates with a wide size distribution, while a 90% aqueous THF solution resulted in the formation of a mixture of nanorods and amorphous aggregates due to rapid and abrupt aggregation. UV-vis and emission spectral profiles supported the formation of nanoaggregates of metallacycles 3a,b and 4 upon the gradual addition of water to a THF solution containing metallacycles. Further studies indicated that these nanoaggregates were excellent probes for the sensitive and selective detection of nitro group containing picric acid (PA) derivatives as well as antibiotics.
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Affiliation(s)
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- PG and Research Department of Chemistry, V. O. Chidambaram College, Tuticorin - 628 008, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chi Nan University, Nantou 545, Taiwan
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- Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan.
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- Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan.
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- Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan.
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 107, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 107, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam - 638 401, India
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- Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan. .,Department of Chemistry, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City 242, Taiwan
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Li WH, Zhao SS, Chu X, Qin ZQ, Zhang JX, Li HY. Two phosphorescent iridium(III) complexes containing simple L-alanine ligands as efficient sensors for Cu2+ ions. Inorganica Chim Acta 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2022.121305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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