Cucurbit[5]uril-metal complex-induced room-temperature phosphorescence of α-naphthol and β-naphthol.

Autor: Gao ZW; Key Laboratory of Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry of Guizhou Province, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, People's Republic of China., Feng X, Mu L, Ni XL, Liang LL, Xue SF, Tao Z, Zeng X, Chapman BE, Kuchel PW, Lindoy LF, Wei G
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003) [Dalton Trans] 2013 Feb 21; Vol. 42 (7), pp. 2608-15. Date of Electronic Publication: 2012 Dec 07.
DOI: 10.1039/c2dt32002a
Abstrakt: Similar to the larger members of the cucurbituril family, such as cucurbit[8]uril (Q[8]), the smallest member, cucurbit[5]uril (Q[5]), can also induce room-temperature phosphorescence (RTP) of α-naphthol (1) and β-naphthol (2). The relationship between the RTP intensity of 1 and 2 and the concentration of Q[5] or Q[8] suggests that the mechanism underlying the Q[5] complex-induced RTP is different from that of the Q[8]-induced RTP for these luminophores. The crystal structures of 1-Q[5]-KI, 2-Q[5]-KI, 1-Q[5]-TlNO(3), and 2-Q[5]-TlNO(3) systems show that in each case Q[5] and the respective metal ions, K(+) or Tl(+), form infinite ···Q[5]-M(+)-Q[5]-M(+)··· chains that surround the luminophores. Although these tube- or wall-like structures are likely destroyed in solution, the key interaction between the convex-shaped outer walls of Q[5] and the plane of the aromatic naphthols, via π···π stacking and C-H···π interactions, is postulated to be essentially maintained leading to a microenvironment that holds the luminophore and the heavy atom perturber together; such a model is supported by the observed Q[5] complex-induced RTP of the above naphthols. With respect to this, a high Q[5]/luminophore concentration was employed in an endeavour to promote the formation of π···π stacking and C-H···π interactions similar to those observed in the crystal structures of the 1- or 2-Q[5]-K(+) and -Tl(+) systems. In keeping with the proposed model, the RTP of each system is quenched when Q[5] is replaced by the alkyl-substituted Q[5] derivatives, decamethylQ[5] and pentacyclohexanoQ[5]. This is in agreement with the substituent groups on the surface of the metal-bond Q[5] obstructing the naphthol molecule from accessing the convex glycouril backbone of Q[5].
Databáze: MEDLINE