| Title | Rhenium tricarbonyl complexes of AIE active tetraarylethylene ligands: tuning luminescence properties and HSA-specific binding. |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2017 |
| Authors | Gabr MT, F Pigge C |
| Journal | Dalton Trans |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 43 |
| Pagination | 15040-15047 |
| Date Published | 2017 Nov 07 |
| ISSN | 1477-9234 |
| Keywords | Coordination Complexes, Crystallography, X-Ray, Humans, Indoles, Ligands, Molecular Conformation, Protein Binding, Rhenium, Serum Albumin, Spectrometry, Fluorescence |
| Abstract | The synthesis and photophysical properties of luminescent Re(i) tricarbonyl complexes prepared from bis(pyridyl)- and bis(quinolyl) tetraarylethylene (TAE) ligands are reported. Emission wavelengths of the complexes are influenced by structural variation in the tetraarylethylene ligands, and several complexes display aggregation-induced enhanced emission in aqueous solution. A Re(i) complex prepared from an indole-functionalized TAE ligand shows significant enhancement in its luminescence intensity accompanied by a remarkable blue shift (∼95 nm) upon specific binding to site II of human serum albumin. |
| DOI | 10.1039/c7dt03380j |
| Alternate Journal | Dalton Trans |
| PubMed ID | 29063077 |
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