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Systematic Study of the Luminescent Europium-Based Nonanuclear Clusters with Modified 2‑Hydroxybenzophenone Ligands

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posted on 2013-12-02, 00:00 authored by Bin Zhang, Ting Xiao, Chunmei Liu, Qian Li, Yanyan Zhu, Mingsheng Tang, Chenxia Du, Maoping Song
The reaction of 2-hydroxybenzophenone derivatives with europium ions has afforded a new family of luminescent nonanuclear Eu­(III) clusters. Crystal structure analysis of the clusters reveals that the metal core comprises two vertex-sharing square pyramidal units. Most of these complexes show emissions typical of Eu3+ ion under visible light excitation (400–420 nm) at room temperature. Photophysical characterization and DFT study reveal a correlation between luminescent efficiencies of Eu­(III) complexes and the electronic features of the ligands, which can be tuned by the nature of substituents in the 4-position of the ligands. The ligands with a fluorine substituent possess more suitable triplet energy levels, resulting in more intensive luminescence.

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