Synthesis, supramolecular isomerism, and photoluminescence of scandium(iii) complexes with a tetrafluoroterephthalate ligand

Abstract

Here we present a new family of seven Sc(III) complexes with tetrafluoroterephthalate ligand (tFBDC2−), having non-polymeric and polymeric 2D and 3D structures. These complexes are characterized by SC XRD, PXRD,...

N^N^C-Cyclometalated rhodium(iii) complexes with isomeric pyrimidine-based ligands: unveiling the impact of isomerism on structural motifs, luminescence and cytotoxicity

“…the ability of compounds with identical molecular formulae to exist in spatially different forms is one of the most fundamental ideas in chemistry. [1][2][3] Revealing the impact of isomerism on crystal structures, [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] and chemical properties, [13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21] as well as physical [22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34] and biological properties [35][36][37][38][39] is of particular importance for establishing structure-property relationships which pave the way toward the more predictable design of substances with desirable properties. Despite various kinds of constitutional and configurational isomerism of metal complexes being well known, 40 ligand isomerism, which belongs to constitutional isomerism, is documented in literature to a considerably lesser extent than other types of the isomerism of complexes.…”