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Thorfinnur Gunnlaugsson1, Joseph P Leonard, Katell Sénéchal
1Department of Chemistry, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland. gunnlaut@tcd.ie
Abstract:
The cationic cyclen based Eu(III)-phen conjugated 1.Eu was synthesised as a chemosensor for Cu(II), where the recognition in water at pH 7.4 gave rise to quenching of the Eu(III) luminescence and the formation of tetranuclear polymetallic Cu(II)-Eu(III) macrocyclic complexes in solution where Cu(II) was bound by three 1.Eu conjugates.
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