Luminescence ditopic ligands

Chauvin, A.S., Comby, S., Song, B., et al. (2008) A versatile ditopic ligand system for sensitizing the luminescence of bimetallic lanthanide bio-imaging probes. Chemistry - A European Journal, 14, 1726-1739. 

Chauvin A.-S., S. Comby, B. Song, C. D. B. Vandevyver, J.-C. G. Btinzli. A Versatile Ditopic Ligand System for Sensitizing the Luminescence of Bimetallic Lanthanide Bio-imaging Prohes, Chem. Eur. J., 14, 1726-1739 (2008). 

The stability of the polypyridyl rhenium(I) compounds mentioned above stimulated applications of this coordination chemistry. Thus, new heterotopic bis(calix[4]arene)rhenium(I) bipyridyl receptor molecules have been prepared and shown to bind a variety of anions at the upper rim and alkali metal cations at the lower rim. A cyclodextrin dimer, which was obtained by connecting two permethylated /3-cyclodextrins with a bipy ligand, was used for the preparation of a luminescent rhenium(I) complex. The system is discussed as a model conipound to study the energy transfer between active metal centers and a bound ditopic substrate. The fluorescence behavior of rhenium(I) complexes containing functionalized bipy ligands has been applied for the recognition of glucose. ... 

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