Ternary Rhenium(I) Complexes: from Fluorescent Reporters to Interesting Scaffolds for Dual-Imaging Heterobimetallic Probes

Marty, L., François, A., Krachko, T., Galaup, C., Picard, C., Benoist, E. (2013). Ternary Rhenium(I) Complexes: from Fluorescent Reporters to Interesting Scaffolds for Dual-Imaging Heterobimetallic Probes. French-Ukrainian Journal of Chemistry, 1(1), 148–152.

Five ternary tricarbonylrhenium(I) complexes based on a pyridinetriazole moiety, so called pyta, were synthesized and spectroscopically characterized. The photophysical properties of these cationic complexes of general formula, [Re(CO)3(pyta-COOMe)L] (L = substituted pyridine derivatives) have been investigated, as well. Three of them are fluorescent and could be considered as interesting scaffolds for the preparation of dual-imaging heterobimetallic species.