Formation of Enantiomerically Pure Luminescent Triple-Stranded Dimetallic Europium Helicates and Their Corresponding Hierarchical Self-Assembly Formation in Protic Polar Solutions.

Ditopic helicate ligands 1 and 2 were synthesized for the formation of dinuclear EuIII luminescent chiral helical assemblies (Eu2·L3) in competitive organic and protic solvent media. Spectroscopic analysis revealed formation of the 2:3 (Eu2·L3) and 2:2 (Eu2·L2) species in methanolic solutions. Circular dichroism and circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) spectroscopy confirmed the chiral purity of the helical systems, while scanning electron microscopy imaging demonstrated the formation of hierarchical self-assemblies with spherical morphologies.