Lanthanide complexes properties

The L and S values are those from which the / value was formed via the vector coupling rule. These formulae strictly apply only for the magnetism of free-ion levels. They provide a good aproximation for the magnetism of lanthanide complexes, as we shall note in Chapter 10, but provide no useful account of the magnetic properties of d block compounds. 

LANTHANIDE COMPLEXES AS PROBES BASIC PHOTOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES 917... 

Until very recently, studies of the use of luminescent lanthanide complexes as biological probes concentrated on the use of terbium and europium complexes. These have emission lines in the visible region of the spectrum, and have long-lived (millisecond timescale) metal-centered emission. The first examples to be studied in detail were complexes of the Lehn cryptand (complexes (20) and (26) in Figure 7),48,50,88 whose luminescence properties have also been applied to bioassay (vide infra). In this case, the europium and terbium ions both have two water molecules... 

The wave functions of the ground and excited states of lanthanides have a truly multiconfigurational character.1 Therefore, computational description of both the ground state and the low-lying excited states, which are important for magnetic behaviour, is only possible by a multiconfigurational ab initio method. In this respect, the C ASSCF method proved to be a reliable tool for the description of electronic properties of lanthanide complexes. 

Photophysical studies have been conducted on a number of lanthanide complexes of calix[n]arenes, and a significant number of these are discussed in a recent review (79). The first europium and terbium calixarene complexes showed promising photophysical properties, with terbium luminescence lifetime of 1.5 ms and quantum yield of 0.20 in aqueous solution (80). 

Complexes of calixarenes with bipyridyl chromophores can be stabilized by the addition of anionic side arms, such as iminodiacetate units (85). Whilst the lanthanide complexes of ligands [L51]4- and [L52]4- are not soluble in water, their photophysical properties in... 

The first cage lanthanide complexes studied for their photophysics were the simple 2.2.1 cryptands. The lack of a strongly absorbing chromophore, and easy approach of solvent molecules meant that their luminescence properties were disappointing in comparison to many recently studied complexes. The Lehn cryptand (L53) (Scheme 6... 

Mono- and bimetallic lanthanide complexes of the tren-based macrobicyclic Schiff base ligand [L58]3- have been synthesized and structurally characterized (Fig. 15), and their photophysical properties studied (90,91). The bimetallic cryptates only form with the lanthanides from gadolinium to lutetium due to the lanthanide contraction. The triplet energy of the ligand (ca. 16,500 cm-1) is too low to populate the terbium excited state. The aqueous lifetime of the emission from the europium complex is less than 0.5 ms, due in part to the coordination of a solvent molecule in solution. A recent development is the study of d-f heterobimetallic complexes of this ligand (92) the Zn-Ln complexes show improved photophysical properties over the homobinuclear and mononuclear complexes, although only data in acetonitrile have been reported to date. 

Yang, X.-P. Su, C.-Y. Kang, .-S. Feng, X.-L. Xiao, W.-L. Liu, H.-Q. Studies on lanthanide complexes of the tripodal ligand bis(2-benzimidazolylmethyl)(2-pyridyl-methyl)amine. Crystal structures and luminescence properties. J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. 2000, (19), 3253-3260. 

Jones, P. L. Amoroso, A. J. Jeffery, J. C. McCleverty, J. A. Psillakis, E. Rees, L. H. Ward, M. D. Lanthanide complexes of the hexadentate N-donor podand tris [3-(2-pyri-dyl)pyrazolyl] hydro ) rate solid-state and solution properties. Inorg. Chem. 1997, 36(1), 10-18. 

Reeves, Z. R. Mann, K. L. V. Jeffery, J. C. McCleverty, J. A. Ward, M. D. Barigelletti, F. Armaroli, N. Lanthanide complexes of a new sterically hindered potentially hexadentate podand ligand based on a tris(pyrazolyl)borate core crystal structures, solution structures and luminescence properties. J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. 1999, 349-355. 

Dossing, A. Toftlund, H. Hazell, A. Bourassa, J. Ford, P. C. Crystal structure, luminescence and other properties of some lanthanide complexes of the polypyridine ligand 6,6,-bis[bis(2-pyridylmethyl)aminomethyl]-2,2,-bipyridine. J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. 1997, (3), 335-339. 

Renaud, F. Piguet, C. Bernardinelli, G. Biinzli, J.-C. G. Hopfgartner, G. In search for mononuclear helical lanthanide building blocks with predetermined properties lanthanide complexes with diethyl pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylate. Chem. Eur. J. 1997, 3(10), 1660-1667. 

The present volume is a non-thematic issue and includes seven contributions. The first chapter byAndreja Bakac presents a detailed account of the activation of dioxygen by transition metal complexes and the important role of atom transfer and free radical chemistry in aqueous solution. The second contribution comes from Jose Olabe, an expert in the field of pentacyanoferrate complexes, in which he describes the redox reactivity of coordinated ligands in such complexes. The third chapter deals with the activation of carbon dioxide and carbonato complexes as models for carbonic anhydrase, and comes from Anadi Dash and collaborators. This is followed by a contribution from Sasha Ryabov on the transition metal chemistry of glucose oxidase, horseradish peroxidase and related enzymes. In chapter five Alexandra Masarwa and Dan Meyerstein present a detailed report on the properties of transition metal complexes containing metal-carbon bonds in aqueous solution. Ivana Ivanovic and Katarina Andjelkovic describe the importance of hepta-coordination in complexes of 3d transition metals in the subsequent contribution. The final chapter by Sally Brooker and co-workers is devoted to the application of lanthanide complexes as luminescent biolabels, an exciting new area of development. 

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