Helitwistacenes-combining lateral and longitudinal helicity results in solvent-induced inversion of circularly polarized light
Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Helicity is expressed differently in ortho- and para-fused acenes-helicenes and twistacenes, respectively. While the extent of helicity is constant in helicenes, it can be tuned in twistacenes, and the handedness of flexible twistacenes is often determined by more rigid helicenes. Here, we combine helicenes with rigid twistacenes consisting of a tunable degree of twisting, forming helitwistacenes. While the X-ray structures reveal that the connection does not affect the helicity of each moiety, their electronic circular dichroism (ECD) and circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) spectra are strongly affected by the helicity of the twistacene unit, resulting in solvent-induced sign inversion. ROESY NMR and TD-DFT calculations support this observation, which is explained by differences in the relative orientation of the helicene and twistacene moieties.
Date Issued
2024-03-11
Date Acceptance
2024-01-15
Citation
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2024, 63 (11)
ISSN
1433-7851
Publisher
Wiley
Journal / Book Title
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Volume
63
Issue
11
Copyright Statement
© 2024 The Authors. Angewandte Chemie International Edition published by Wiley-VCH GmbH
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.
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.
License URL
Identifier
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38224528
Subjects
Chirality
Circular Dichroism
Circularly Polarized Luminescence
Helicenes
Twistacenes
Publication Status
Published
Coverage Spatial
Germany
Article Number
e202319318
Date Publish Online
2024-01-15