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Matuszczyk D, Lee YJ, Kang S, Chmielewski PJ, Cybińska J, Kim D, Stępień M. π-Extended Hexapyrrolylbenzenes: Exploring Charge-Transfer Phenomena in Donor-Acceptor Propellers. Chemistry 2023; 29:e202302429. [PMID: 37624878 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202302429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2023] [Revised: 08/24/2023] [Accepted: 08/25/2023] [Indexed: 08/27/2023]
Abstract
A family of propeller-shaped donor-acceptor hexapyrrolylbenzenes (HPBs) were designed and synthesized by sequential nucleophilic substitution of hexafluorobenzene with π-extended pyrroles. In particular, four hybrids were obtained, containing various combinations of electron-rich and electron-poor acenaphthylene-fused pyrroles. Additionally, to probe the efficiency of ortho transfer interactions, a system was designed containing unique donor and acceptor subunits spatially separated with four unfunctionalized pyrroles. DFT calculations showed propeller-shaped geometries of all HPB molecules and separation of frontier molecular orbitals between donor and acceptor subunits. Steady-state and time-resolved photophysical measurements revealed charge-transfer (CT) character of the emission with strong positive dependence on solvent polarity. The principal CT pathway involves ortho-positioned pairs of donors and acceptors and requires bending of the acceptor in the excited state.
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- Daniel Matuszczyk
- Wydział Chemii, Uniwersytet Wrocławski, ul. F. Joliot-Curie 14, 50-383, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Chemistry, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Wydział Chemii, Uniwersytet Wrocławski, ul. F. Joliot-Curie 14, 50-383, Wrocław, Poland
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- Wydział Chemii, Uniwersytet Wrocławski, ul. F. Joliot-Curie 14, 50-383, Wrocław, Poland
- Polski, Ośrodek Rozwoju Technologii (PORT), ul. Stabłowicka147, 54-066, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Chemistry, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Wydział Chemii, Uniwersytet Wrocławski, ul. F. Joliot-Curie 14, 50-383, Wrocław, Poland
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R A C Lima CF, Mague JT, Du Y, Pascal RA, Santos LMNBF. How great is the stabilization of crowded polyphenylbiphenyls by London dispersion? Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 25:13359-13375. [PMID: 37145056 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp05085d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
Abstract
Decaphenylbiphenyl (1) and 2,2',4,4',6,6'-hexaphenylbiphenyl (2) are bulky molecules expected to be greatly destabilized by steric crowding. Herein, through a combined experimental and computational approach, we evaluate the molecular energetics of crowded biphenyls. This is complemented by the study of phase equilibria for 1 and 2. Compound 1 shows a rich phase behavior, displaying an unusual interconversion between two polymorphs. Surprisingly, the polymorph with distorted molecules of C1 symmetry is found to have the highest melting point and to be the one that is preferentially formed. The thermodynamic results also indicate that the polymorph displaying the more regular D2 molecular geometry has larger heat capacity and is probably the more stable at lower temperatures. The melting and sublimation data clearly reveal the weakening of cohesive forces in crowded biphenyls due to the lower molecular surface area. The experimental quantification of the intramolecular interactions in 1 and 2 indicated, using homodesmotic reactions, a molecular stabilization of about 30 kJ mol-1. We attribute the origin of this stabilization in both compounds to the existence of two parallel-displaced π⋯π interactions between the ortho-phenyl substituents on each side of the central biphenyl. Computational calculations with dispersion-corrected DFT methods underestimate the stabilization in 1, unless the steric crowding is well balanced in a homodesmotic scheme. This work demonstrates that London dispersion forces are important in crowded aromatic systems, making these molecules considerably more stable than previously thought.
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- Carlos F R A C Lima
- CIQUP, Institute of Molecular Sciences (IMS), Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, rua do Campo Alegre s/n, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal.
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- Department of Chemistry, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA
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- CIQUP, Institute of Molecular Sciences (IMS), Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, rua do Campo Alegre s/n, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal.
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Dusold C, Haines P, Platzer B, Guldi DM, Hirsch A. Helically and Linearly Fused Rylenediimide-Hexabenzocoronenes. Chemistry 2021; 27:6511-6521. [PMID: 33492668 PMCID: PMC8252035 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202005235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
Abstract
Perylene- as well as naphthalenediimides were fused to hexabenzocoronenes (HBCs) at their imide position to realize highly π-extended donor-acceptor (D-A)-hybrids. Successful isomer separation in the first step was decisive to guarantee a straightforward synthetic sequence. Hexaphenylbenzenes as precursors were accessed via Diels-Alder reactions and reacted in a Scholl oxidation to yield the respective HBC derivatives. The fully conjugated benzimidazole linker, which separates the electron donating HBC from the electron accepting rylenediimide, enabled the formation of either a linear or a helical configuration. Largely different chemical, physical, and optoelectrical characteristics were noted for the two configurations. What stood out was their aggregation and their excited state deactivation depending on the solvent polarity. Results from global analysis of the femtosecond transient absorption data corroborated the formation of a charge-transfer (CT) state that is stabilized in the helically fused configuration relative to the linear analogue. However, a comparison with spectroelectrochemical experiments failed to disclose evidence for a charge-separated (CS) state.
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- Carolin Dusold
- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Straße 10, 91058, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Egerlandstrasse 3, 91058, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Egerlandstrasse 3, 91058, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Egerlandstrasse 3, 91058, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Straße 10, 91058, Erlangen, Germany
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Dusold C, Weiss C, Hampel F, Hirsch A. Synthesis and crystal packing of perylene-derivatives with extreme sterically demanding pentaphenylbenzene bay-substituents. Chem Commun (Camb) 2021; 57:583-586. [PMID: 33475636 DOI: 10.1039/d0cc07773a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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An unprecedented library of single and double bay-substituted perylene-pentaphenylbenzenes (PPBs) is presented. An extreme core-distortion as well as successful elimination of aggregation interactions of perylenes was confirmed by X-ray analysis. The isomerically pure perylene-PPB hybrids show remarkable differences in their photophysical properties with respect to their regiochemistry as well as different peri-functionalization.
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- Carolin Dusold
- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Straße 10, Erlangen 91058, Germany.
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Straße 10, Erlangen 91058, Germany.
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Straße 10, Erlangen 91058, Germany.
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Straße 10, Erlangen 91058, Germany.
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