Ruthenium-based metallacrown complexes for the selective detection of lithium ions in water and in serum by fluorescence spectroscopy

Sébastien Rochat, Zacharias Grote, Kay Severin

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Abstract

Fluorescent dihydroxypyridine ligands were prepared by attaching pyrene-, dansyl-, and methoxycoumarin-fluorophores via dimethyleneamine linkers. The reaction of these ligands with [(p-cymene)RuCl2]2 or [(C6H5CH2NMe2H)RuCl 2]2Cl2 resulted in the formation of 12-metallacrown-3 complexes, which possess strong affinity for lithium ions. By a judicious choice of the fluorophore and the arene π-ligand, a macrocycle was obtained that could be used in aqueous solution to selectively and quantitatively detect lithium ions by fluorescence spectroscopy.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1147-1153
Number of pages7
JournalOrganic and Biomolecular Chemistry
Volume7
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009

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