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
,Copper
,Cyclization
,Europium
,Ferrous Compounds
,Luminescence
,Metallocenes
,Molecular Structure
,Organometallic Compounds
,Oxidation-Reduction