The first water-soluble hexarhenium cluster complexes with a heterocyclic ligand environment: synthesis, luminescence, and biological properties

Inorg Chem. 2014 Sep 2;53(17):9006-13. doi: 10.1021/ic500553v. Epub 2014 Aug 21.

Abstract

The hexarhenium cluster complexes with benzotriazolate apical ligands [{Re6(μ3-Q)8}(BTA)6](4-) (Q = S, Se; BTA = benzotriazolate ion) were obtained by the reaction of [{Re6(μ3-Q)8}(OH)6](4-) with molten 1H-BTA (1H-benzotriazole). The clusters were crystallized as potassium salts and characterized by X-ray single-crystal diffraction, elemental analyses, and UV-vis and luminescence spectroscopy. In addition, their cellular uptake and toxicity were evaluated. It was found that both clusters exhibited luminescence with high lifetimes and quantum yield values; they were taken up by the cells illuminating them under UV irradiation and, at the same time, did not exhibit acute cytotoxic effects.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Heterocyclic Compounds / chemistry*
  • Ligands
  • Luminescence
  • Rhenium / chemistry*
  • Solubility
  • Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
  • Water / chemistry*

Substances

  • Heterocyclic Compounds
  • Ligands
  • Water
  • Rhenium