Dong Fang, Xiaofan Yang, Jiarui Li, Zhiyuan Zhang, Yang Gao, Chengliang Xiao
Although 1,10-phenanthroline has been proven to hold a strong complexing capacity for f-block elements and their derivatives have been applied in many fields, research on more highly or completely rigid phenanthroline ligands is still rare due to the challenging syntheses. Here, we reported three tetradentate ligands 2,9-di(pyridin-2-yl)-1,10-phenanthroline ( L1 ), 12-(pyridin-2-yl)-5,6-dihydroquinolino[8,7 b ][1,10]phenanthroline ( L2 ), and 5,6,11,12-tetrahydrobenzo[2,1- b :3,4- b ']bis([1,10]phenanthroline) ( L3 ) with increasing preorganization on the side chain; among which, L3 is fully preorganized...
April 24, 2024: Inorganic Chemistry