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Published on: May 3, 2015
Cation-controlled self-assembly of a hexameric europium wheel
Yann Bretonnière1, Marinella Mazzanti, Jacques Pécaut
1Laboratoire de Reconnaissance Ionique, Service de Chimie Inorganique et Biologique (UMR 5046), Département de Recherche Fondamentale sur la Matière Condensée, CEA-Grenoble, 17 rue des Martyrs, 38054 Grenoble, Cedex 09, France.
Abstract:
The simple asymmetric tetradentate ligand 2,2':6',2' '-terpyridine-6-carboxylic acid leads to the self-assembly of the first europium nanowheel containing europium ions in two different coordination environments. Moreover the self-assembly of bis(terpyridinecarboxylate) europium species to form a hexameric wheel capable of strongly binding LnIII cations is controlled by the ligand/cation ratio.
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