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    Electronic and Photophysical Properties of Re I (CO) 3 Br Complexes Modulated by Pyrazolyl-Pyridazine Ligands
    (ACS Omega, 2019-03-04) Saldías, Marianela; Guzmán, Nicolas; Palominos, Franco; Sandoval-Altamirano, Catalina; Gunther, German; Pizarro, Nancy; Vega, Andres
    The direct reaction of a series of substituted (1H-pyrazol-1-yl)pyridazine (L I : 6-(1H-pyrazolyl)pyridazine; L II : 3-chloro-6-(1H-pyrazole-1-yl)-pyridazine; L III : 6-(1H-3,5-dimethylpyrazolyl)pyridazine-3-carboxylic acid; L IV : 3,6-bis-N-pyrazolyl-pyridazine; and L V : 3,6-bis-N-3-methylpyrazolyl-pyridazine) with the bromotricarbonyl(tetrahydrofuran)-rhenium(I) dimer leads to the monometallic complexes [(L X )Re(CO) 3 Br] (I-V), which displays a nonregular octahedral geometry around the Re I center and a fac-isomerism for the carbonyl groups, whereas pyridazine and pyrazolyl rings remain highly coplanar after coordination to rhenium. Cyclic voltammetry shows one irreversible oxidation and one irreversible reduction for each compound as measured in N,N-dimethylformamide. Oxidation ranges from 0.94 V for III to 1.04 V for I and have been attributed to the Re I /Re II couple. In contrast, the reductions are ligand centered, ranging from -1.64 V for II to -1.90 V for III and V. Density functional theory calculations on the vertical one electron oxidized and one electron reduced species, using the gas-phase optimized geometry for the neutral complex confirm this assignment. Compounds I-V show two absorption bands, one around 410 nm (metal-to-ligand charge transfer (MLCT), Re dπ → π∗) and the other at ∼300 nm (intraligand, π → π∗). Excitation at 400 nm at 77 K leads to unstructured and monoexponential emission with large Stokes shift, whose maxima vary between 570 (III) and 636 (II) nm. The quantum yields for these emissions in solution are intensified strongly going from air to argon equilibrated solution. Singlet oxygen quantum yields change from 0.03 (III) to 0.21 (IV). These data are consistent with emission from 3 MLCT. The emission undergoes a bathochromic shift when R 1 is a π-donating group (Cl or N-pyrazolyl) and a hypsochromic shift for a π-acceptor (COOH). The bimolecular emission quenching rate constant by triethylamine (TEA) for II, IV, and V is 1.09, 0.745, and 0.583 × 10 8 M -1 s -1 , respectively. Photolysis in dichloromethane-CO 2 saturated solution with TEA as a sacrificial electron donor leads in all cases to formic acid generation.
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    Synthesis, Physicochemical and Photophysical Characterization of 4-(1-Pyrenyl)-butyl-α-D-mannopyranoside
    (Sociedade Brasileira de Química, 2016) Sandoval, Catalina; Arriagada, Franco S.; De la Fuente, Julio R.; Sanchez, Susana A.; Morales, Javier; Pizarro, Nancy; Nonelle, Santi; Gunther, German
    Glycolipids are biomolecules composed of a lipid chain (lipophilic) and a monosaccharide or oligosaccharide as hydrophilic group. Their chemical structure and biological role make them undoubtedly good candidates for a large and continuously growing number of biotechnological applications. Mannose is a carbohydrate present on membrane glycolipids of a wide number of pathogenic microorganisms (bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and viruses) and specifically recognized by several lectins. We synthesized a mannose derivative linked through a short methylene chain to a pyrene moiety which behaves as a surfactant, able to aggregate, and retains the photophysical properties of pyrene: showing comparable absorption and emission spectra, having lower fluorescence quantum yield and the ability to form excimer, and finally the ability to produce O2(1Δg) with high quantum yields. Thus, this novel molecule would open future applications for detection (fluorescence) or inactivation (singlet oxygen) of bacterial pathogens, viruses, tumor cells, or particular cells.