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Spectroscopic behavior on the formation complex of three double-armed calix[4]arene derivatives with lanthanoid
Yu Liu1, Ning Zhang, Bang Tun Zhao
1Department of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, PR China. yuliu@public.tpt.tj.cn
Abstract:
The complexation spectroscopic behavior of three p-tert-butylcalix[4]arene Schiff bases i.e. 5,11,17,23-tetra-tert-butyl-25,27-bis[2-[N-(3-nitrobenzylidene)amino]ethoxy]-26,28-dihydroxycalix[4]arene (1), 5,11,17,23-tetra-tert-butyl-25,27-bis[2-[N-(2-hydroxybenzylidene)amino]ethoxy]-26,28-dihydroxycalix[4]arene (2), and 5,11,17,23-tetra-tert-butyl-25,27-bis[2-[N-(2-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzylidene)amino]ethoxy]-26,28-dihydroxycalix[4]arene (3) with lanthanoid nitrates (Tb3+ and Eu3+) has been investigated in anhydrous acetonitrile at 25 degrees C by using UV-vis and FT-IR as well as fluorescence spectra. The results obtained indicated that the spectroscopic behavior of compounds 1-2 upon complexation with lanthanoid ions did not show any significant larger difference in comparison with free compounds 1 and 2, which may be contributed to the poor binding ability. Contrary to compounds 1 and 2, the lower rim functional groups in compound 3 can form two large pi electron conjugate system with lanthanide ion and encapsulate lanthanide ions tightly, displaying the novel spectroscopic behavior upon complexation with lanthanide ions. As compared with compound 3, the formation complexes of compound 3 with Tb3+ and Eu3+ showed new broad intense absorption at 398 nm, respectively, and IR spectra showed that O-H stretching vibration at 3413.40 cm(-1) displayed a large drop. It is interestingly noted that the narrow emission line spectra were observed only for 3 complex with Tb3+, but did not for 3-Eu3+ complex. In the 3-Eu3+ complex, the broad-band emission at lambda(max) = 534 nm was obtained at the excitation of 398 nm. The spectroscopic behavior of three calix[4]arene derivatives upon complexation with lanthanoids was discussed from the relationship between the host structure and the properties of guest lanthanide ions.
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