Crystallization and Aggregation-Induced Emission in a Series of Pyrrolidinylvinylquinoxaline Derivatives

Autor: Charlotte F. Gers-Panther, Walter Frank, Katrin Hoffmann, Ute Resch-Genger, Nithiya Nirmalananthan, Thomas Müller, Daniel Kage, Thomas Behnke
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 122:11119-11127
ISSN: 1932-7455
1932-7447
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b01425
Popis: Aggregation-induced emission (AIE) has been meanwhile observed for many dye classes and particularly for fluorophores containing propeller-like groups. Herein, we report on the AIE characteristics of a series of four hydrophobic pyrrolidinylvinylquinoxaline (PVQ) derivatives with phenyl, pyrrolyl, indolyl, and methoxythienyl substituents used to systematically vary the torsion angle between this substituent at the quinoxaline C2 position and the planar PVQ moiety. These molecules, which are accessible via four- or five-component one-pot syntheses, were spectroscopically studied in organic solvents and solvent–water mixtures, as dye aggregates, solids, and entrapped in polystyrene particles (PSP). Steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence measurements revealed a strong fluorescence enhancement for all dyes in ethanol–water mixtures of high water content, accompanying the formation of dye aggregates with sizes of a few hundred nm, overcoming polarity and H-bonding-induced fluorescence quenching of the cha...
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