TY - JOUR

T1 - Anion and cation recognition by new mono- and bis-ruthenium(II) bipyridyl crown ether receptor molecules

AU - Beer, Paul D.

AU - Dent, Simon W.

AU - Fletcher, Nicholas C.

AU - Wear, Trevor J.

N1 - Funding Information: Acknowledgements We thank the EPSRC for a CASE studentship (N.C.F.) and Kodak Ltd for additional financial support.

PY - 1996/6/30

Y1 - 1996/6/30

N2 - Novel aza crown and dibenzocrown ether mono-and bis-ruthenium(II) bipyridyl amide-containing receptors have been synthesized and their preliminary Group 1 metal cation and halide anion complexing properties investigated. 1H NMR coordination studies have shown the receptors bind potassium cations in their respective crown ether recognition sites. Chloride anion coordination studies reveal that those receptors containing secondary amide CO - NH groups can complex and electrochemically sense chloride anions through a combination of electrostatic attraction and favourable amide CO - NH - anion hydrogen bonding interactions. Stability constant determinations from NMR titration data and electrochemical observations suggest, with receptor [Ru2L6(bipy)4][PF6]4, aza crown ether complexed potassium cations in combination with an amide-linked positively charged ruthenium(II) bipyridyl moiety can cooperatively enhance the strength of chloride anion complexation. In addition, fluorescence emission spectral studies show that the relative emission intensities of the metal-to-ligand charge transfer emission bands of the secondary amide-containing receptors are increased in the presence of chloride anions.

AB - Novel aza crown and dibenzocrown ether mono-and bis-ruthenium(II) bipyridyl amide-containing receptors have been synthesized and their preliminary Group 1 metal cation and halide anion complexing properties investigated. 1H NMR coordination studies have shown the receptors bind potassium cations in their respective crown ether recognition sites. Chloride anion coordination studies reveal that those receptors containing secondary amide CO - NH groups can complex and electrochemically sense chloride anions through a combination of electrostatic attraction and favourable amide CO - NH - anion hydrogen bonding interactions. Stability constant determinations from NMR titration data and electrochemical observations suggest, with receptor [Ru2L6(bipy)4][PF6]4, aza crown ether complexed potassium cations in combination with an amide-linked positively charged ruthenium(II) bipyridyl moiety can cooperatively enhance the strength of chloride anion complexation. In addition, fluorescence emission spectral studies show that the relative emission intensities of the metal-to-ligand charge transfer emission bands of the secondary amide-containing receptors are increased in the presence of chloride anions.

U2 - 10.1016/0277-5387(96)00010-1

DO - 10.1016/0277-5387(96)00010-1

M3 - Journal article

AN - SCOPUS:0001514440

VL - 15

SP - 2983

EP - 2996

JO - Polyhedron

JF - Polyhedron

SN - 0277-5387

IS - 18

ER -