Bright Fluorescence and Host–Guest Sensing with a Nanoscale M4L6 Tetrahedron Accessed by Self‐Assembly of Zinc–Imine Chelate Vertices and Perylene Bisimide Edges1. Issue 25 (29th April 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Frischmann, Peter D.; Kunz, Valentin; Würthner, Frank
• Is Part Of: Angewandte Chemie international edition. Volume 54:Issue 25(2015)
• Page Start: 7285
• Page End: 7289
• Publication Date: 2015-04-29
• Subjects: Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540
• DOI: 10.1002/anie.201501670
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1433-7851

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" xml:lang="en"> <title>Abstract</title> <p>A highly luminescent Zn₄L₆ tetrahedron is reported with 3.8 nm perylene bisimide edges and hexadentate Zn^II–imine chelate vertices. Replacing Fe^II and monoamines commonly utilized in subcomponent self‐assembly with Zn^II and tris(2‐aminoethyl)amine provides access to a metallosupramolecular host with the rare combination of structural integrity at concentrations &lt;10⁻⁷ mol L⁻¹ and an exceptionally high fluorescence quantum yield of <italic>Φ</italic>_em=0.67. Encapsulation of multiple perylene or coronene guest molecules is accompanied by strong luminescence quenching. We anticipate this self‐assembly strategy may be generalized to improve access to brightly fluorescent coordination cages tailored for host–guest light‐harvesting, photocatalysis, and sensing.</p> </abstract>