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Four new species [Ln(dipicNH2)3]3- (Ln = LaIII, EuIII, GdIII, TbIII), with the ligand dipicNH22- (dipic = dipicolinato), were synthesized. Incubation of the EuIII complex with glioma NG97 and pancreatic cancer PANC1 cells showed that it penetrates the cell membrane and can be used to image the cells, while also being moderately cytotoxic.
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Coordination Complexes/analysis , Coordination Complexes/chemistry , Europium/chemistry , Fluorescent Dyes/analysis , Fluorescent Dyes/chemistry , Glioma/diagnostic imaging , Optical Imaging , Pancreatic Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging , Animals , Cell Line, Tumor , Cell Survival/drug effects , Coordination Complexes/chemical synthesis , Coordination Complexes/pharmacology , Fluorescent Dyes/chemical synthesis , Fluorescent Dyes/pharmacology , Humans , Luminescent Measurements , Mice , NIH 3T3 CellsABSTRACT
This work reports on the synthesis, crystallographic determination and spectroscopic characterization of gadolinium(III), terbium(III) and europium(III) 3-mercaptopropionate complexes, aqua-tris(3-mercaptopropionate)lanthanide(III)--[Ln(mpa)3(H2O)]. The Judd-Ofelt intensity parameters were experimentally determined from emission spectrum of the [Eu(mpa)3(H2O)]complex and they were also calculated from crystallographic data. The complexes are coordination polymers, where the units of each complex are linked together by carboxylate groups leading to an unidimensional and parallel chains that by chemical interactions form a tridimensional framework. The emission spectrum profile of the [Eu(mpa)3(H2O)] complex is discussed based on point symmetry of the europium(III) ion, that explains the bands splitting observed in its emission spectrum. Photoluminescent analysis of the [Gd(mpa)3(H2O)] complex show no efficient ligand excitation but an intense charge transfer band. The excitation spectra of the [Eu(mpa)3(H2O)] and [Tb(mpa)3(H2O)] complexes do not show evidence of energy transfer from the ligand to the excited levels of these trivalent ions. Therefore the emission bands are originated only by direct f-f intraconfigurational excitation of the lantanide(III) ions.
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This work reports on the photoluminescent properties of three new lanthanide complexes with acetoacetanilide (aaa), a ß-diketonate ligand. The complexes have the general molecular formulae [RE(aaa)3(H2O)], they are soluble in organic solvents such as ethanol and chloroform and insoluble in water. The energy of the triplet state was determined at about 4,700 cm(-1) higher than the (5)D4 emitting level of the Tb(III) ion, leading to an absolute quantum yield of 22% for the [Tb(aaa)3(H2O)] complex. The photoluminescent properties were studied and the luminescence parameters of the [Eu(aaa)3(H2O)] complex were experimentally determined. The photostabilities of the complexes under continuous UV irradiation were measured and the data indicate low stability of the [Tb(aaa)3(H2O)] complex when the system is excited at the band attributed to energy transfer from the ligand to terbium(III) ion. However, its photostability is significantly improved under inert atmosphere.
