Dalton Transactions

Synthesis and properties of a dendritic FRET donor–acceptor system with cationic iridium (III) complex core and carbazolyl periphery

Y Li, Y Liu, M Zhou

Index: Li, Yanfang; Liu, Yang; Zhou, Ming Dalton Transactions, 2012 , vol. 41, # 9 p. 2582 - 2591

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Citation Number: 17

Abstract

In order to enhance the photoluminescence of cyclometalated iridium (III) complexes, which are potentially useful for biolabeling and bioimaging, a series of benzyl ether branched dendritic moieties with carbazolyl termini were introduced to the cyclometalating C⁁ N ligands of the heteroleptic Ir (III) complexes. The complexes also contain a bidentate bipyridine ligand with a carboxyl group for further bioconjugation or functionalization. The ...