A ferrocene∩europium assembly showing phototriggered anticancer activity and fluorescent modality imaging

Jian Qu, Qing Xia, Wei Ji, Su Jing, Dunru Zhu, Lin Li, Ling Huang, Zhongfu An, Chenqi Xin, Yun Ni, Mengxue Li, Jidong Jia, Yinglin Song, Wei Huang

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Two macrocyclic ferrocenophanes containing a coumarin fluorophore, Se2N[7]ferrocenophane (fc1), and Se4N2[7,7]ferrocenophane (fc2), construct an assembly of fc1-H+⋯ClO4⋯[Eu(C10H21COO)2(H2O)2(ClO4)] (fc1∩Eu) and fc2-2H+⋯{ClO4⋯[Eu(C10H21COO)2(H2O)2(ClO4)]}2 (fc2∩Eu) via a N-H⋯O hydrogen bond and a coordinate bond between EuIII and ClO4-. In fc1∩Eu, UV light irradiation triggers non-covalent bond cleavage to release a ferrocenium and EuII complex, accompanying chromism and luminescence signals. Investigations through the steady-state UV-vis absorption, fluorescence, time-resolved fluorescence, femtosecond transient absorption spectra and electrochemical characterization elucidate a stepwise mechanism: firstly, an effective electron transfer occurs from a ferrocene unit to the singlet state of a coumarin unit; the following proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) reduces EuIII and results in a non-covalent interaction cleavage. Further in vitro exploration of fc1∩Eu in HepG2 cells demonstrated phototriggered integrated cell cytotoxicity and fluorescent modality imaging.

源语言英语
页(从-至)1479-1487
页数9
期刊Dalton Transactions
47
5
DOI
出版状态已出版 - 2018
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