Extended Conjugation Attenuates the Quenching of Aggregation-Induced Emitters by Photocyclization Pathways

Autor: Andrew T. Turley, Promeet K. Saha, Andrew Danos, Aisha N. Bismillah, Andrew P. Monkman, Dmitry S. Yufit, Basile F. E. Curchod, Marc K. Etherington, Paul R. McGonigal
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2022, Vol.61(24), pp.e202202193 [Peer Reviewed Journal]
Turley, A T, Saha, P K, Danos, A, Bismillah, A N, Monkman, A P, Yufit, D S, Curchod, B F E, Etherington, M K & McGonigal, P R 2022, ' Extended Conjugation Attenuates the Quenching of Aggregation-Induced Emitters by Photocyclization Pathways ', Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, vol. 61, no. 24, e202202193 . https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202202193
ISSN: 1433-7851
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202202193
Popis: Herein, we expose how the antagonistic relationship between solid-state luminescence and photocyclization of oligoaryl alkene chromophores is modulated by the conjugation length of their alkenyl backbones. Heptaaryl cycloheptatriene molecular rotors exhibit aggregation-induced emission characteristics. We show that their emission is turned off upon breaking the conjugation of the cycloheptatriene by epoxide formation. While this modification is deleterious to photoluminescence, it enables formation of extended polycyclic frameworks by Mallory reactions. We exploit this dichotomy (i) to manipulate emission properties in a controlled manner and (ii) as a synthetic tool to link together pairs of phenyl rings in a specific sequence. This method to alter the tendency of oligoaryl alkenes to undergo photocyclization can inform the design of solid-state emitters that avoid this quenching mechanism, while also allowing selective cyclization in syntheses of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
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