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Kulhánek J, Burešová Z, Klikar M, Sdralias L, Katsidas A, Pytela O, Pařík P, Růžička A, Fakis M, Bureš F. Synthesis, photophysics and two-photon absorption of imidazole-centred tripodal chromophores. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2024; 26:20908-20918. [PMID: 39045806 DOI: 10.1039/d4cp02227k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/25/2024]
Abstract
Tripodal push-pull chromophores with D-(π-A)3 arrangement were synthesized using 1-methyl-2,4,5-triphenyl-1H-imidazole as a central electron donor, and their thermal, electrochemical, photophysical and non-linear optical properties were studied and corroborated with quantum-chemical calculations. Their facile synthesis involved Suzuki-Miyaura and Knoevenagel reactions, allowing the installation of various peripheral electron acceptors such as formyl, cyano, ester, trifluoromethyl and more complex moieties such as malonic/acetic acid derivatives, indan-1,3-dione and rhodanine. All phenyl rings appended at the central imidazole core were more or less twisted depending on the peripheral substitution. Although imidazole undergoes reversible one-electron oxidation, peripheral acceptors are reduced irreversibly in a multi-electron process. This behaviour is further seen as a variation of the LUMO, while the HOMO remained almost unaltered across the whole series. TD-DFT calculations revealed centrifugal charge transfer from the central imidazole to all C2, C4 and C5 branches occupied by the LUMO, LUMO+1 and LUMO+2. The HOMO-LUMO gap is tuneable within the range of 3.55-2.31 eV, while the longest-wavelength absorption/emission maxima were found within the broad range of 304-448/393-612 nm. Although the absorption spectra are solvent-independent, the emission depends strongly on the solvent polarity and the electron-withdrawing power of the peripheral acceptors. Extended chromophores with complex electron acceptors were investigated as two-photon absorbers, revealing relatively good cross-section values of up to 521 GM and a figure-of-merit (ΦF × δ2PA) of around 190 GM.
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- Jiří Kulhánek
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice, Studentská 573, Pardubice, 53210, Czech Republic.
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice, Studentská 573, Pardubice, 53210, Czech Republic.
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice, Studentská 573, Pardubice, 53210, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Physics, University of Patras, Patras, 26504, Greece.
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice, Studentská 573, Pardubice, 53210, Czech Republic.
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice, Studentská 573, Pardubice, 53210, Czech Republic.
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- Department of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice, Studentská 573, Pardubice, 53210, Czech Republic
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- Department of Physics, University of Patras, Patras, 26504, Greece.
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice, Studentská 573, Pardubice, 53210, Czech Republic.
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Pigot C, Noirbent G, Bui TT, Péralta S, Duval S, Gigmes D, Nechab M, Dumur F. Synthesis, and the optical and electrochemical properties of a series of push–pull dyes based on the 4-(9-ethyl-9 H-carbazol-3-yl)-4-phenylbuta-1,3-dienyl donor. NEW J CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1nj00275a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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A series of twelve dyes based on the 4-(9-ethyl-9H-carbazol-3-yl)-4-phenylbuta-1,3-dienyl donor were prepared with electron acceptors varying in their structures but also in their electron-withdrawing ability.
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- Corentin Pigot
- Aix Marseille Univ
- CNRS
- ICR UMR7273
- F-13397 Marseille
- France
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- Université de Lille
- CNRS
- Centrale Lille
- ENSCL
- Univ. Artois
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- Aix Marseille Univ
- CNRS
- ICR UMR7273
- F-13397 Marseille
- France
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- Aix Marseille Univ
- CNRS
- ICR UMR7273
- F-13397 Marseille
- France
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- Aix Marseille Univ
- CNRS
- ICR UMR7273
- F-13397 Marseille
- France
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Chen C, Fang C. Devising Efficient Red-Shifting Strategies for Bioimaging: A Generalizable Donor-Acceptor Fluorophore Prototype. Chem Asian J 2020; 15:1514-1523. [PMID: 32216076 DOI: 10.1002/asia.202000175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2020] [Revised: 03/26/2020] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Long emission wavelengths, high fluorescence quantum yields (FQYs), and large Stokes shifts are highly desirable features for fluorescent probes in biological imaging. However, the current development of many fluorescent probes remains largely trial-and-error and lacks efficiency. Moreover, to achieve far-red/near-infrared emission, a significant extension in the π -conjugation is usually adopted but accompanied by other drawbacks such as fluorescence loss. In this review, we discuss an effective red-shifting strategy built upon the green fluorescent protein chromophore, which enables a synergistic tuning of both the electronic ground and excited states. This approach could shorten the path toward redder emission in comparison to the conventional intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) strategy. We envision that this spectroscopy and computation-aided strategy may advance the noncanonical fluorescent protein design and be generalized to various fluorophore scaffolds for redder emission while preserving other superior properties such as high FQYs.
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- Cheng Chen
- Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University 153 Gilbert Hall, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University 153 Gilbert Hall, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA
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