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TY - JOUR
T1 - Fluorine-based Zn salan complexes
AU - Essien, Nsikak B.
AU - Galvácsi, Antal
AU - Kállay, Csilla
AU - Al-Hilaly, Youssra
AU - González-Méndez, Ramón
AU - Akien, Geoffrey R.
AU - Tizzard, Graham J.
AU - Coles, Simon J.
AU - Besora, Maria
AU - Kostakis, George E.
PY - 2023/4/7
Y1 - 2023/4/7
N2 - We synthesised and characterised the racemic and chiral versions of two Zn salan fluorine-based complexes from commercially available materials. The complexes are susceptible to absorbing H2O from the atmosphere. In solution (DMSO–H2O) and at the millimolar level, experimental and theoretical studies identify that these complexes exist in a dimeric-monomeric equilibrium. We also investigated their ability to sense amines via19F NMR. In CDCl3 or d6-DMSO, strongly coordinating molecules (H2O or DMSO) are the limiting factor in using these easy-to-make complexes as chemosensory platforms since their exchange with analytes requires an extreme excess of the latter.
AB - We synthesised and characterised the racemic and chiral versions of two Zn salan fluorine-based complexes from commercially available materials. The complexes are susceptible to absorbing H2O from the atmosphere. In solution (DMSO–H2O) and at the millimolar level, experimental and theoretical studies identify that these complexes exist in a dimeric-monomeric equilibrium. We also investigated their ability to sense amines via19F NMR. In CDCl3 or d6-DMSO, strongly coordinating molecules (H2O or DMSO) are the limiting factor in using these easy-to-make complexes as chemosensory platforms since their exchange with analytes requires an extreme excess of the latter.
U2 - 10.1039/d2dt04082d
DO - 10.1039/d2dt04082d
M3 - Journal article
VL - 52
SP - 4044
EP - 4057
JO - Dalton Transactions
JF - Dalton Transactions
SN - 1477-9226
IS - 13
ER -