Book of Abstracts - Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Book of Abstracts - Ruhr-Universität Bochum
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ISBOMC `10 5.7 – 9.7. 2010 <strong>Ruhr</strong>-<strong>Universität</strong> <strong>Bochum</strong><br />
Dynamical Studies <strong>of</strong> Bioconjugated Luminescent Ruthenium Complexes in<br />
Lipid Vesicles<br />
Edward Rosenberg, a Ayesha Sharmin, a J. B. Alexander Ross a<br />
a Department <strong>of</strong> Chemistry and Biochemistry<br />
University <strong>of</strong> Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA Email: edward.rosenberg@mso.umt.edu<br />
A detailed analysis <strong>of</strong> the time-resolved anisotropy decay <strong>of</strong> the emission from luminescent molecules<br />
can provide useful information about molecular dynamics in a given media. To obtain such<br />
information, the excited-state lifetime must match the time scale <strong>of</strong> the process being examined and it<br />
is desirable that the time-zero emission anisotropy be in the range <strong>of</strong> 0.1 or greater. In our prior work,<br />
we designed a series <strong>of</strong> phosphorescent ruthenium complexes that have the longer lifetimes, higher<br />
quantum yields and the lower symmetry required for studying the dynamics <strong>of</strong> these probes in lipid<br />
vesicle bilayers. 1 Starting with the complexes [Ru(H)(trans-PPh3)2(dcbpy)CO][PF6] (1) and [Ru(<br />
dppene) (5-amino- phen)CO(TFA)][PF6] (2) (dcbpy = 4,4’-dicarboxy bipyridine, dppene = 1,2diphenylphosphino<br />
ethene, 5-amino phen = 5-amino phenanthroline, TFA = trifluoroacetic acid) we<br />
have used standard techniques to covalently conjugate these molecules to two and one phosphatidyl<br />
ethanolamine molecules, respectively. Complex 2 has also been conjugated to cholesterol via reaction<br />
with cholesterol chlor<strong>of</strong>ormate. Analyses <strong>of</strong> the anisotropy decay as a function <strong>of</strong> temperature from<br />
the conjugated probes in vesicles—made from both naturally occurring and synthetic lipids—reveal<br />
that the lipid conjugates are located within the lipid bilayer while the cholesterol conjugated complex<br />
is at the bilayer-water interface. The rotational correlation times for the complexes are responsive to<br />
the nature <strong>of</strong> the lipid vesicle used and analyses <strong>of</strong> this parameter allowed a detailed picture <strong>of</strong> the<br />
kinds <strong>of</strong> motions <strong>of</strong> the conjugated complex in the vesicle. The lipid conjugates with 1and 2<br />
incorporated into vesicles via extrusion through a size-selective membrane, showed an unexpected<br />
blue-shift in the emission spectra and a corresponding short excited-state lifetime in the range <strong>of</strong> 10 ns;<br />
the lifetimes in solvents are in the range <strong>of</strong> 0.1-2 �s. This unusual phenomenon will be discussed in<br />
terms <strong>of</strong> the properties <strong>of</strong> the excited states in the lipid vesicle environment in contrast to in bulk<br />
solvents. For comparison with complexes 1and 2, related complexes have been conjugated to lipids<br />
and cholesterol via the phosphine ligands, and their photophysical properties in lipid vesicles will also<br />
be presented<br />
References<br />
1. Ayesha Sharmin , Reuben C. Darlington , Kenneth I. Hardcastle, Mauro Ravera, Edward Rosenberg,<br />
J. B. Alexander Ross “Tuning Photophysical Properties with Ancillary Ligands in Ru(II) Mono-<br />
Diimine Complexes,” J. Organometal. Chem. 2009, 694, 988-1000.<br />
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