Two for the price of one! Depending on the experimental conditions, two dramatically different diphosphanes can be obtained from diphenyl(2-phosphanylphenyl)phosphane and an α-cyclodextrin-derived dimesylate. The metal confining properties of the cavity-shaped ligands have been exploited to produce luminescent chelate [CuX(PP)] complexes (X=Cl, Br, I).
Stabilization of Luminescent Mononuclear Three-Coordinate CuI Complexes by Two Distinct Cavity-Shaped Diphosphanes Obtained from a Single α-Cyclodextrin Precursor
Tuan-Anh Phan, Matthieu Jouffroy, Dominique Matt, Nicola Armaroli, Alejandra Saavedra Moncada, Elisa Bandini, Béatrice Delavaux-Nicot, Jean-François Nierengarten, and Dominique Armspach
Chemistry—A European Journal, 2023 – DOI : https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202302750
Dominique Armspach (team ECMC), Institut de Chimie de Strasbourg (UMR 7177).