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. 2022 Mar 11;61(12):5157–5171. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c00501

Table 2. Spectroscopic Properties of [Ln(CHXOCTAPA)] and [Ln(OCTAPA)] Complexes Measured in Aqueous Solutions (pH 7.1)c.

  [Eu(CHXOCTAPA)] [Eu(OCTAPA)] [Tb(CHXOCTAPA)] [Tb(OCTAPA)]
λmax/nm 272 272 271 272
ε/M–1 cm–1 7.66 × 103 7.50 × 103 8.34 × 103 9.36 × 103
τH2O/msa 0.598 0.584 1.527 1.473
τD2O/msa 2.363 2.292 2.822 2.863
ΦH2O/%b 3.4 4.5 11 12
Q 1.0 1.1 1.3 1.2
τRad/ms 6.57 6.07    
ΦEu/% 9.60 9.10    
ηsens 0.37 0.47    
a

λexc = 279 nm, estimated error ± 5%; qEu = 1.11(Δkobs – 0.31), ref (51); qTb = 5.0(Δkobs – 0.06), ref (52), with (Δkobs = 1/τH2O – 1/τD2O).

b

Determined using the trispicolinate complexes are standard, refs (53) and (54), λexc = 279 nm, estimated error ± 15%.

c

Determined according to ref (55).