The stereoisomerically pure synthesis of a novel heptanuclear Ru(II)–Os(II) antenna bearing multitopic terpyridine ligands is reported. An unambiguous structural characterization was obtained by 1H NMR spectroscopy and ion mobility spectrometry (IMS-MS). The heptanuclear complex exhibits large molar absorption coefficients (77900 M–1 cm–1 at 497 nm) and undergoes unitary, downhill, convergent energy transfer from the peripheral Ru(II) subunits to the central Os(II) that displays photoluminescence with a lifetime (τ = 161 ns) competent for diffusional excited-state electron transfer reactivity in solution.
Cerfontaine, S., Duez, Q., Troian-Gautier, L., Barozzino Consiglio, G., Loiseau, F., Cornil, J., De Winter, J., Gerbaux, P., & Elias, B. (2020). Efficient Convergent Energy Transfer in a Stereoisomerically Pure Heptanuclear Luminescent Terpyridine-Based Ru(II)–Os(II) Dendrimer. Inorganic Chemistry, 59(19), 14536-14543. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c02336 (Original work published 2020)