Reversible luminescence switching of a redox-active ferrocene-europium dyad.

Tropiano M, Kilah NL, Morten M, Rahman H, Davis JJ, Beer PD, Faulkner S

The copper-catalyzed cycloaddition reaction between a propargyl-appended europium complex and azidomethylferrocene yields a d-f dyad whose photophysical properties can be reversibly switched by varying the oxidation state of the ferrocene chromophore.

Keywords:

Catalysis

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Copper

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Cyclization

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Europium

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Ferrous Compounds

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Luminescence

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Metallocenes

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Molecular Structure

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Organometallic Compounds

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Oxidation-Reduction