Coordination mode-induced isomeric cyclometalated [Ir(tpy)(nbi)Cl](PF6) complexes: distinct luminescence, self-assembly and cellular imaging behaviors

Tai-Bao Gao; Run-Qi Yan; Alexander J. Metherell; Deng-Ke Cao; De-Ju Ye; Michael D. Ward

doi:10.1039/C7DT03523C

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Coordination mode-induced isomeric cyclometalated [Ir(tpy)(nbi)Cl](PF₆) complexes: distinct luminescence, self-assembly and cellular imaging behaviors†

Tai-Bao Gao,‡^a Run-Qi Yan,‡^b Alexander J. Metherell,^c Deng-Ke Cao,

*^a De-Ju Ye

*^b and Michael D. Ward

*^cd

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^a State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, P. R. China
E-mail: dkcao@nju.edu.cn

^b State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, P. R. China
E-mail: dejuye@nju.edu.cn

^c Department of Chemistry, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7HF, UK
E-mail: M.D.Ward@warwick.ac.uk

^d Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK

Abstract

Two isomeric Ir(III) complexes Ir–O and Ir–R arising from the different coordination mode of a naphthalene-containing ligand, show distinct luminescence, self-assembly ability and cellular imaging behaviors.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C7DT03523C
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 19 Sep 2017
Accepted: 17 Nov 2017
First published: 17 Nov 2017

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Dalton Trans., 2017,46, 16787-16791

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Coordination mode-induced isomeric cyclometalated [Ir(tpy)(nbi)Cl](PF₆) complexes: distinct luminescence, self-assembly and cellular imaging behaviors

T. Gao, R. Yan, A. J. Metherell, D. Cao, D. Ye and M. D. Ward, Dalton Trans., 2017, 46, 16787 DOI: 10.1039/C7DT03523C

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