Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol.133, No.31, 11847-11849, 2011
Reversible Luminescence Switching of a Redox-Active Ferrocene-Europium Dyad
The copper-catalyzed cycloaddition reaction between a propargyl-appended europium complex and azidomethylferrocene yields a d-f dyad whose photophysical properties can be reversibly switched by varying the oxidation state of the ferrocene chromophore.