Ligand Chirality Transfer from Solution State to the Crystalline Self‐Assemblies in Circularly Polarized Luminescence (CPL) Active Lanthanide Systems

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Abstract
The synthesis of a family of chiral and enantiomerically pure pyridyl‐diamide (pda) ligands that upon complexation with europium [Eu(CF3SO3)3] result in chiral complexes with metal centered luminescence is reported; the sets of enantiomers giving rise to both circular dichroism (CD) and circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) signatures. The solid‐state structures of these chiral metallosupramolecular systems are determined using X‐ray diffraction showing that the ligand chirality is transferred from solution to the solid state. This optically favorable helical packing arrangement is confirmed by recording the CPL spectra from the crystalline assembly by using steady state and enantioselective differential chiral contrast (EDCC) CPL Laser Scanning Confocal Microscopy (CPL‐LSCM) where the two enantiomers can be clearly distinguished.
Funding Information
  • Science Foundation Ireland (10/45 13/IA/1865)
  • Irish Research Council (GOIPD/2019/400, GOIPG/2022/1670)
  • Trinity College Dublin
  • Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BB/S017615/1, BB/X001172/1)
  • Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (H2020‐MSCA‐ITN‐859752 HEL4CHIROLED)
  • Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/X040259/1)
  • Royal Society (URF\R\191002)
  • Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology (GOIPD/2019/400)

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