“…The following supporting information can be downloaded at : Structural formulae of the investigated compounds H 4 L( 1 – 3 ); NMR spectroscopy [ 54 ]; crystal structure data [ 55 , 56 , 57 , 58 , 59 , 60 , 61 , 62 , 63 , 64 ]; the crystal structure data and the parameters of the intra- and intermolecular interactions for H 3 L( 2 ) − ·(CH 3 ) 2 NH 2 + ·DMF; crystal structure data and parameters of the intermolecular interactions for complex H 4 L( 3 ) with YbCl 3 [ 65 ], UV-absorption spectroscopy; MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry; luminescence spectroscopy and determination of the T 1 state energy of the ligand H 4 L( 3 ) in its Gd 3+ complex [ 66 ]; computational methodology [ 67 , 68 , 69 , 70 , 71 , 72 , 73 , 74 , 75 , 76 , 77 , 78 , 79 , 80 ]; optimized coordinates of atoms for ligand H 4 L( 3 ) and its Yb 3+ complexes.…”