摘要:
We report here the synthesis, characterisation, electrochemical, photophysical and protein-binding properties of four luminescent ruthenium(II) polypyridine indole complexes [Ru(bpy)(2)(L1)](PF6)(2) (1), [Ru(bpy)(2)(L2)](PF6)(2) (2), [Ru(L1)(3)](PF6)(2) (1a), and [Ru(L2)(3)](PF6)(2) (2a) (bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine; L1 = 4-(N-(2-indol-3-ylethyl)amido)-4'-methyl-2,2'-bipyridine; L2 = 4-(N-(6-N-(2-indol-3-ylethyl)hexanamidyl)amido)-4'-methyl-2,2'-bipyridine). Their indole-free counterparts, [Ru(bpy)(2)(L3)](PF6)(2) (3) and [Ru(L3)(3)](PF6)(2) (3a) (L3 = 4-(N-(ethyl)amido)-4'-methyl-2,2'-bipyridine), have also been synthesised for comparison purposes. Cyclic voltammetric studies revealed ruthenium-based oxidation at ca. +1.3 V versus SCE and diimine-based reductions at ca. -1.20 to -2.28 V. The indole moieties of complexes 1, 2, la and 2a displayed an irreversible wave at ca. +1.1 V versus SCE. All the ruthenium(II) complexes exhibited intense and long-lived orange-red triplet metal-to-ligand charge-transfer (MLCT)-M-3 (d pi(Ru) -> pi*-(L1-L3)) luminescence upon visible-light irradiation in fluid solutions at 298 K and in alcohol glass at 77 K. The binding of the indole-containing complexes to bovine serum album (BSA) has been studied by quenching experiments and emission titrations. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.