@article {1379,
	title = {A new tripodal poly-imine indole-containing ligand: Synthesis, complexation, spectroscopic and theoretical studies},
	journal = {Inorganica Chimica Acta},
	volume = {362},
	number = {8},
	year = {2009},
	note = {<p>437TGTimes Cited:6Cited References Count:52</p>
},
	month = {Jun},
	pages = {2627-2635},
	abstract = {<p>A novel flexible tripodal ligand derived from 3-methylindole, ("InTREN" L), and its mononuclear Zn(II), Cu(II), Ni(II), Hg(II) and Pd(II) complexes are described. All compounds gave analytically pure solid samples. Characterisation of the compounds was accomplished by (1)H NMR, IR and absorption spectroscopies, matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS) and elemental analysis and their geometry optimized using density functional theory (DFT).Time-dependent-density functional theory (TD-DFT) calculations have been used to assign the lowest energy absorption bands of the free ligand and the Zn(II) complex. The system is a very good candidate for in situ recognition/coordination effects by MALDI-TOF-MS spectrometry and absorption spectroscopy. The presence of three indole groups in InTREN opens up the possibility to synthesize new three-dimensional self-assembly supramolecular structures. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.</p>
},
	keywords = {atomic-absorption-spectrometry, azomethine ligands, derivatives, fluorescent chemosensors, indole, intramolecular excimer formation, luminescent sensors, macrocyclic ligands, metal-ions, molecular recognition, photophysical properties, receptors, tripodal ligands},
	isbn = {0020-1693},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://000265509200017},
	author = {Pedras, B. and Oliveira, E. and Santos, H. and Rodriguez, L. and Crehuet, R. and Aviles, T. and Capelo, J. L. and Lodeiro, C.}
}
