Carborane induced excimer emission of severely twisted Bis-o-carboranyl chrysene
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Journal Article
Abstract
The synthesis of a highly twisted chrysene derivative incorporating two electron deficient o‐carboranyl groups is reported. The molecule exhibits a complex, excitation‐dependent photoluminescence, including aggregation‐induced emission (AIE) with good quantum efficiency and an exceptionally long singlet excited state lifetime. Through a combination of detailed optical studies and theoretical calculations, the excited state species are identified, including an unusual excimer induced by the presence of o‐carborane. This is the first time that o‐carborane has been shown to induce excimer formation ab initio, as well as the first observation of excimer emission by a chrysene‐based small molecule in solution. Bis‐o‐carboranyl chrysene is thus an initial member of a new family of o‐carboranyl phenacenes exhibiting a novel architecture for highly‐efficient multi‐luminescent fluorophores.
Date Issued
2018-08-13
Date Acceptance
2018-06-18
Citation
Angewandte Chemie, 2018, 57 (33), pp.10640-10645
ISSN
1521-3757
Publisher
Wiley
Start Page
10640
End Page
10645
Journal / Book Title
Angewandte Chemie
Volume
57
Issue
33
Copyright Statement
© 2018 The Authors. Published by Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Sponsor
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
EPSRC
Grant Number
EP/G037515/1
EP/L016702/1
Subjects
aggregation-induced emission
carboranes
chrysene
excimers
intramolecular charge transfer
03 Chemical Sciences
Organic Chemistry
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2018-06-28