文摘
Molecular recognition of an aqueous pertechnetate (TcOb>4b>鈥?/sup>) anion is fundamentally challenging partly due to the charge-diffuse nature of this anion, which hampers design of new technologies for its separation and detection. To address this gap, simple salts of transition metal complexes that undergo a distinct spectroscopic change upon exposure to aqueous anions were explored. The Pt(II) complex [Pt(tpy)Br]SbFb>6b> (tpy = 2,2鈥?6鈥?2鈥?terpyridine) undergoes a dramatic color change and intense luminescence response upon TcOb>4b>鈥?/sup> uptake due to concomitant enhancement of Pt路路路Pt interactions. The spectroscopic response was highly selective and quantitative for aqueous TcOb>4b>鈥?/sup> among other competing anions. Complementary Raman spectroscopy and microscopy techniques, structural determination, and theoretical methods were employed to elucidate the mechanism of this response at the molecular level.