Stereo-controlled substitution on tris(2-pyridylmethyl)amine ligands and chirality tuning of luminescence in their lanthanide complexes

A series of tris(2-pyridylmethyl)amine ligands including one or two asymmetric centers were synthesized in a stereo-controlled fashion, and their Tb3+ and Eu3+ complexes offered characteristic luminescence properties depending on the ligand stereochemistry.