Fluoride and cyanide anion sensing by an Sb(V)-substituted cyclometalated Ru polypyridyl complex Academic Article

abstract

• 2017 Two cyclometalated ruthenium polypyridyl complexes bearing novel Sb(III)- and Sb(V)-substituted phenylpyridine ligands have been synthesized and their photophysical and electrochemical properties studied. The influence of a strongly electron-withdrawing and Lewis acidic Sb(V) substituent on the cyclometalating ligand resulted in marked changes in the absorption spectrum and electrochemical profile of the complex. These effects have been utilized as a strategy for anion sensing, in which coordination of fluoride or cyanide anions at the Sb(V) substituent can be observed both spectroscopically and electrochemically.

authors

• Gabbai, Francois

published proceedings

• JOURNAL OF ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY

author list (cited authors)

• Christianson, A. M., & Gabbai, F. P.

citation count

• 17

complete list of authors

• Christianson, Anna M||Gabbaii, Francois P

publication date

• October 2017

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Organometallic Chemistry  Journal

keywords

• Anion Sensing
• Antimony
• Cyanide
• Fluoride
• Ruthenium Polypyridyl Complexes

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2017.03.012

start page

• 154

end page

• 161

volume

• 847

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jorganchem.2017.03.012