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The 17th
SACI Inorganic ChemistryConference, Grahamstown, South Africa
Synthesis of europium bis- and trisphthalocyaninates with diethyleneglycol substituents as
precursors for advanced hybrid nanomaterials
Alexander G. Martynova
, Nhlakanipho Colin Mkhizeb
, Alexey V. Yagodina
, Yulia G. Gorbunovaa,c
,
Tebello Nyokongb
and Aslan Yu. Tsivadzea,c
a
A.N. Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskiy pr., 31/4, 119071, Moscow, Russia
b
Department of Chemistry, Rhodes University, PO Box 94, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa
c
N.S. Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskiy pr., 31, 119 991, Moscow, Russia
e-mail: Martynov.Alexandre@gmail.com
Up to date, there are numerous examples of mono-
phthalocyaninates (Pc) conjugated with nanoparticles
(NP) and quantum dots (QD), which act as materials for
optical limiting and photodynamic therapy. At the same
time, the examples of sandwich REE Pcs attached to
NPs and QDs are still rare. However, such composites
might be perspective components of optical materials
due to unique photophysical and electrochromic
properties of sandwich Pc complexes.
We have designed and synthesized novel
unsymmetrical phthalocyanine 1 bearing six solubilizing
butoxy-groups and two diethyleneglycol chains with
terminal OH-groups, which can be converted afterwards
into various anchoring groups (COH,-COOH, -N3, -NH2,
-SH, etc.) by conventional methods of organic
chemistry.
It was shown that synthesis of double- and triple-
decker Eu(III) complexes 2a and 3a by direct metalation
of 1 with Eu(OAc)3·4H2O in refluxing n-octanol is
inefficient. Indeed, even prolonged refluxing of reaction
mixture yielded only trace amounts of target complexes
2a and 3a with almost complete recovering of starting
ligand 1. This fact can be tentatively assigned to the
presence of chelating (OCH2CH2)2OH groups in the
molecule of 1, which could interact with Eu3+ ions,
interfering therefore with the formation of sandwich
complexes. Thus, it was proposed that protection of
hydroxyl group in ligand 1 should increase the reactivity
of molecule in metalation reaction.
Treatment of 1 with 3,4-dihydropyran in the
presence of TsOH as a catalyst afforded 4 with
tetrahydropyranyl (THP) protective groups. Ligand 4
could be smoothly and selectively converted into
double- and triple-decker complexes 2b and 3b by
metalation with Eu(OAc)3·4H2O in the presence and in
the absence of DBU respectively. Therefore, the
influence of free OH-groups in ligand 1 resulting in its
low reactivity in metalation reactions was confirmed.
Deprotection of OH groups was achieved by
treatment of 2b and 3b with TsOH in methanol leading
to target complexes 2a and 3a in high yield. All
synthesized compounds were characterized by UV-Vis
and NMR spectroscopy, as well as by MALDI TOF
mass-spectrometry.
Acknowledgement: this work was supported by grants
from Russian Foundation for Basic Research (14-03-
93972) and National Research Foundation of South
Africa UID 92180.
Keywords:phthalocyanine, sandwich complexes, europium, metalation, nanomaterials
28th
June – 2nd
July, 2015

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  • 1. The 17th SACI Inorganic ChemistryConference, Grahamstown, South Africa Synthesis of europium bis- and trisphthalocyaninates with diethyleneglycol substituents as precursors for advanced hybrid nanomaterials Alexander G. Martynova , Nhlakanipho Colin Mkhizeb , Alexey V. Yagodina , Yulia G. Gorbunovaa,c , Tebello Nyokongb and Aslan Yu. Tsivadzea,c a A.N. Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskiy pr., 31/4, 119071, Moscow, Russia b Department of Chemistry, Rhodes University, PO Box 94, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa c N.S. Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskiy pr., 31, 119 991, Moscow, Russia e-mail: Martynov.Alexandre@gmail.com Up to date, there are numerous examples of mono- phthalocyaninates (Pc) conjugated with nanoparticles (NP) and quantum dots (QD), which act as materials for optical limiting and photodynamic therapy. At the same time, the examples of sandwich REE Pcs attached to NPs and QDs are still rare. However, such composites might be perspective components of optical materials due to unique photophysical and electrochromic properties of sandwich Pc complexes. We have designed and synthesized novel unsymmetrical phthalocyanine 1 bearing six solubilizing butoxy-groups and two diethyleneglycol chains with terminal OH-groups, which can be converted afterwards into various anchoring groups (COH,-COOH, -N3, -NH2, -SH, etc.) by conventional methods of organic chemistry. It was shown that synthesis of double- and triple- decker Eu(III) complexes 2a and 3a by direct metalation of 1 with Eu(OAc)3·4H2O in refluxing n-octanol is inefficient. Indeed, even prolonged refluxing of reaction mixture yielded only trace amounts of target complexes 2a and 3a with almost complete recovering of starting ligand 1. This fact can be tentatively assigned to the presence of chelating (OCH2CH2)2OH groups in the molecule of 1, which could interact with Eu3+ ions, interfering therefore with the formation of sandwich complexes. Thus, it was proposed that protection of hydroxyl group in ligand 1 should increase the reactivity of molecule in metalation reaction. Treatment of 1 with 3,4-dihydropyran in the presence of TsOH as a catalyst afforded 4 with tetrahydropyranyl (THP) protective groups. Ligand 4 could be smoothly and selectively converted into double- and triple-decker complexes 2b and 3b by metalation with Eu(OAc)3·4H2O in the presence and in the absence of DBU respectively. Therefore, the influence of free OH-groups in ligand 1 resulting in its low reactivity in metalation reactions was confirmed. Deprotection of OH groups was achieved by treatment of 2b and 3b with TsOH in methanol leading to target complexes 2a and 3a in high yield. All synthesized compounds were characterized by UV-Vis and NMR spectroscopy, as well as by MALDI TOF mass-spectrometry. Acknowledgement: this work was supported by grants from Russian Foundation for Basic Research (14-03- 93972) and National Research Foundation of South Africa UID 92180. Keywords:phthalocyanine, sandwich complexes, europium, metalation, nanomaterials 28th June – 2nd July, 2015