Biologically Compatible, Phosphorescent Dimetallic Rhenium Complexes Linked through Functionalized Alkyl Chains: Syntheses, Spectroscopic Properties, and Applications in Imaging Microscopy
- 20 January 2012
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Inorganic Chemistry
- Vol. 51 (3), 1419-1426
- https://doi.org/10.1021/ic201654d
Abstract
A range of luminescent, dimetallic complexes based upon the rhenium fac-tricarbonyl diimine core, linked by aliphatic chains of varying lengths and functionality, have been synthesized and their photophysical properties examined. Each complex displays characteristic (MReLdiimineCT)-M-3 emission in aerated acetonitrile solution, with long lifetimes in the range of 129-248 ns and corresponding quantum yields in the range 3.2-8.0%. In aqueous solution, as opposed to acetonitrile, the complexes generally show a small hypsochromic shift in lambda(em) and an extension of the (MLCT)-M-3 lifetime, attributed to a hydrophobically driven association of the alkyl chains with the rhenium-bound diimine units. In live cell imaging experiments using MCF7 cells the complexes all show good uptake by non-energy dependent mechanisms without endosomal entrainment, and with varying propensity to localize in organelles. The degrees of uptake and localization properties are discussed in terms of the length and chemical nature of the linkers, and in terms of the likely interactions between these and the various cellular components encountered.This publication has 34 references indexed in Scilit:
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