Strategies to increase the quantum yield: Luminescent methoxylated imidazo[1,5-a]pyridines

Autor: Marco Giordano, Giorgio Volpi, Enrico Casamassa, Claudio Garino, Guido Viscardi, Elisa Fresta, Claudia Barolo
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Dyes and Pigments. 192:109455
ISSN: 0143-7208
DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2021.109455
Popis: A series of methoxylated imidazo[1,5-a]pyridines is presented and their optical and electrochemical properties investigated and interpreted on the basis of density functional theory calculations. The photophysical properties are discussed in relation to the chemical structure. The key role of the 1,3 substitutions on the imidazo[1,5-a]pyridine nucleus on rotational barriers and on frontier molecular orbitals is discussed in relation to the experimental hyperchromic effect, photoemission quantum yield and electrochemical properties. Depending on the position of the introduced methoxy substituents on the imidazo[1,5-a]pyridine nucleus, we are able to tune the Stokes shift and to increase the emission quantum yield from 22% to 50%.
Databáze: OpenAIRE