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1Department of Polymer Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto, 615-8510, Japan.
Abstract:
We designed a novel ditopic bisterpyridyl ligand containing o-carborane that can construct a coordination polymer by complexation with metal ions. Through the use of Sonogashira-Hagihara coupling, the desired ligand molecule was successfully synthesized. Addition of Zn(II) ions rapidly underwent the generation of a fluorescent coordination polymer, which was confirmed by (1)H NMR, UV-vis, and fluorescent titration experiments. Furthermore, the electronic structure of the bisterpyridyl ligand molecules was drastically changed upon the complexation with metal ions. The obtained coordination polymer showed light blue emission derived from the intraligand charge transfer (ILCT) state, whereas a bare ligand molecule exhibited yellowish-green aggregation-induced emission (AIE) in a poor solvent such as water, because of the variable C-C bond in o-carborane.
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