Reversible Luminescence Switching of a Redox-Active Ferrocene–Europium Dyad

Manuel Tropiano, Nathan L. Kilah, Michael J. Morten, Habibur Rahman, Jason J. Davis, Paul D. Beer, Stephen Faulkner

Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2011 · 163 citations · 24 references

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Abstract

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.

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