Liquid Crystalline Copper(II) Complexes of Poly(propylene imine) Dendrimers
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description: In the last years hybrid systems consisting of organic materials and metal centres have attracted considerable attention since they combine characteristics of metals with those of organic compounds. Particularly interesting are liquid crystalline systems because they cause to supramolecular ordered systems with taylored physical properties. Dendrimers with donor sites can be used as chelates for metal complexation and their well defined structure enables control over the number and topology of the metal centres. With this motivation new liquid crystalline, polynuclear complexes of mesogenic 3,4-decyloxybenzoyl-functionalized poly(propylene imine) PPI dendrimers from 1st to 5th generation as ligands and copper(II) as paramagnetic centres have been synthesised. The dendrimeric complexes were prepared by coordination of copper(II) to the corresponding ligands. The maximum loadings (average number of copper centres per dendrimer) reached for generations 1st to 5th are 1.9, 6.3, 12.0, 24.2, and 45.9, respectively. In order to investigate the influence of the copper loading on the properties of the complexes, a series of 2nd generation complexes, covering the whole range of copper loadings (0.3 to 6.3), has been prepared by varying either the stoichiometry of the reaction or the working-up procedure. TEM of the dendrimeric copper(II) complexes revealed relatively monodisperse particles with circular structures have been observed with mean particle diameter of 2 nm for the 2nd up to 3 nm for the 5th generation. According to estimations from X-ray experiments, these sizes correspond roughly to the dimensions of the dendrimeric polar core (tertiary amine scaffold and amidobenzoyl groups in the outer part), where the coordination of copper takes place. EELS spectroscopy has been also performed on the complexes and confirms the presence of copper. The complexes up to 3rd generation were identified by MALDI-ToF-MS as single molecules corresponding to a dendrimeric ligand with d…
abstract: In the last years hybrid systems consisting of organic materials and metal centres have attracted considerable attention since they combine characteristics of metals with those of organic compounds. Particularly interesting are liquid crystalline systems because they cause to supramolecular ordered systems with taylored physical properties. Dendrimers with donor sites can be used as chelates for metal complexation and their well defined structure enables control over the number and topology of the metal centres. With this motivation new liquid crystalline, polynuclear complexes of mesogenic 3,4-decyloxybenzoyl-functionalized poly(propylene imine) PPI dendrimers from 1st to 5th generation as ligands and copper(II) as paramagnetic centres have been synthesised. The dendrimeric complexes were prepared by coordination of copper(II) to the corresponding ligands. The maximum loadings (average number of copper centres per dendrimer) reached for generations 1st to 5th are 1.9, 6.3, 12.0, 24.2, and 45.9, respectively. In order to investigate the influence of the copper loading on the properties of the complexes, a series of 2nd generation complexes, covering the whole range of copper loadings (0.3 to 6.3), has been prepared by varying either the stoichiometry of the reaction or the working-up procedure. TEM of the dendrimeric copper(II) complexes revealed relatively monodisperse particles with circular structures have been observed with mean particle diameter of 2 nm for the 2nd up to 3 nm for the 5th generation. According to estimations from X-ray experiments, these sizes correspond roughly to the dimensions of the dendrimeric polar core (tertiary amine scaffold and amidobenzoyl groups in the outer part), where the coordination of copper takes place. EELS spectroscopy has been also performed on the complexes and confirms the presence of copper. The complexes up to 3rd generation were identified by MALDI-ToF-MS as single molecules corresponding to a dendrimeric ligand with d…
author: Torre Lorente, Laura
date published: 2008-06-13
date modified: 2026-07-27T18:49:19Z
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