The influence of phenylethynyl linkers on the photo-physical properties of metal-free porphyrins

2000 ◽  
Vol 04 (07) ◽  
pp. 669-683 ◽  
Author(s):  
GARY A. BAKER ◽  
FRANK V. BRIGHT ◽  
MICHAEL R. DETTY ◽  
SIDDHARTH PANDEY ◽  
COREY E. STILTS ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Excited State ◽  
Radiative Decay ◽  
Phenyl Group ◽  
Quantum Yields ◽  
Fluorescence Lifetimes ◽  
Strongly Coupled ◽  
Metal Free ◽  
Fluorescence Quantum Yields ◽  
Porphyrin Core ◽  
Absorbance Spectra

Series of 5,10,15,20-tetraarylporphyrins 1 and 5,10,15,20-tetrakis[4-(arylethynyl)phenyl]porphyrins 2 were prepared via condensation of pyrrole with the appropriate benzaldehyde or 4-(arylethynyl)benzaldehyde derivative (3). Condensation of meso-phenyldipyrromethane with mixtures of benzaldehyde and 4-(trimethylsilyl-ethynyl)benzaldehyde gave a separable mixture of mono- (6), bis- (both cis-7 and trans-8) and tris[4-(trimethylsilylethynyl)phenyl]porphyrin (9). Following removal of the trimethylsilyl groups of 6–9, the 4-ethynylphenyl groups of 11–14 were coupled to 1-iodo-3,5-di(trifluoromethyl)benzene with Pd ( OAc )2 to give 15–18 bearing one, two (both cis- and trans-) and three 4-[bis-3,5-(trifluoromethyl)phenylethynyl]phenyl groups respectively. Coupling of 11 and 1-iodo-4-nitrobenzene with Pd ( OAc )2 gave porphyrin 19 with one 4-(4-nitrophenylethynyl)phenyl group. Porphyrin 24 with a p-quinone linked to the porphyrin core via a phenylethynyl group was prepared via similar chemistry. The absorbance spectra, emission maxima, excited-state fluorescence lifetimes, quantum yields of fluorescence, rates of fluorescence and rates of non-radiative decay were measured for each of the porphyrins. Absorbance spectra and emission maxima were nearly identical for all the porphyrins of this study, which suggests that the aryl groups and 4-(arylethynyl)phenyl groups are not strongly coupled to the porphyrin core in these metal-free compounds. Fluorescence quantum yields and rates of radiative decay were larger for porphyrins bearing 4-(arylethynyl)phenyl groups, while excited-state fluorescence lifetimes were somewhat shorter. These effects were additive for each additional 4-(arylethynyl)phenyl group.

scholarly journals Remarkable Increase of Fluorescence Quantum Efficiency by Cyano Substitution on an ESIPT Molecule 2-(2-Hydroxyphenyl)benzothiazole: A Highly Photoluminescent Liquid Crystal Dopant

Crystals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 1105
Author(s):  
Tsuneaki Sakurai ◽  
Masaya Kobayashi ◽  
Hiroyuki Yoshida ◽  
Masaki Shimizu
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Excited State ◽  
Solid State ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Cyano Group ◽  
Stokes Shift ◽  
Phenyl Group ◽  
Intramolecular Proton Transfer ◽  
Quantum Yields ◽  
Fluorescence Quantum Yields

Fluorescent molecules with excited-state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) character allow the efficient solid-state luminescence with large Stokes shift that is important for various applications, such as organic electronics, photonics, and bio-imaging fields. However, the lower fluorescence quantum yields (ΦFL) in the solution or viscous media, due to their structural relaxations in the excited state to reach the S0/S1 conical intersection, shackle further applications of ESIPT-active luminophores. Here we report that the introduction of a cyano group (-CN) into the phenyl group of 2-(2-hydroxyphenyl)benzothiazole (HBT), a representative ESIPT compound, remarkably increase its fluorescence quantum yield (ΦFL) from 0.01 (without -CN) to 0.49 (with -CN) in CH2Cl2, without disturbing its high ΦFL (=0.52) in the solid state. The large increase of the solution-state ΦFL of the cyano-substituted HBT (CN-HBT) is remarkable, comparing with our previously reported ΦFL values of 0.05 (with 4-pentylphenyl), 0.07 (with 1-hexynyl), and 0.15 (with 4-pentylphenylethynyl). Of interest, the newly-synthesized compound, CN-HBT, is miscible in a conventional room-temperature nematic liquid crystal (LC), 4-pentyl-4′-cyano biphenyl (5CB), up to 1 wt% (~1 mol%), and exhibits a large ΦFL of 0.57 in the viscous LC medium. A similar ΦFL value of ΦFL = 0.53 was also recorded in another room-temperature LC, trans-4-(4-pentylcyclohexyl)benzonitrile (PCH5), with a doping ratio of 0.5 wt% (~0.5 mol%). These 5CB/CN-HBT and PCH5/CN-HBT mixtures serve as light-emitting room-temperature LCs, and show anisotropic fluorescence with the dichroic ratio of 3.1 upon polarized excitation, as well as electric field response of luminescence intensity changes.

Steric Effects in the Electronic Spectra of the 3,5-Diarylaminobenzene Derivatives

1986 ◽  
Vol 41 (11) ◽  
pp. 1311-1314 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Balter ◽  
W. Nowak ◽  
P. Milart ◽  
J. Sepioł
Keyword(s):  
Excited State ◽  
Electronic Spectra ◽  
Fluorescence Properties ◽  
Steric Effects ◽  
Quantum Yields ◽  
Spectroscopic Behaviour ◽  
Fluorescence Quantum Yields ◽  
Excited State Lifetimes ◽  
Methyl Phenyl

Absorption and fluorescence properties, excited state lifetimes and fluorescence quantum yields were determined for a series of 3,5-diarylaminobenzene derivatives in solvents of different polarities. The role of the nitrile, methyl, phenyl and naphthyl substituents is discussed. Especially the steric effects on the spectroscopic behaviour of the investigated molecules are studied.

scholarly journals Inverted energy gap law for the nonradiative decay in fluorescent floppy molecules: larger fluorescence quantum yields for smaller energy gaps

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (12) ◽  
pp. 1948-1954 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junqing Shi ◽  
Maria A. Izquierdo ◽  
Sangyoon Oh ◽  
Soo Young Park ◽  
Begoña Milián-Medina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Radiative Decay ◽  
Energy Gap ◽  
Quantum Yields ◽  
Nonradiative Decay ◽  
Fluorescence Quantum Yields ◽  
Energy Gaps ◽  
Energy Gap Law ◽  
Solution Increase ◽  
Floppy Molecules ◽  
Franck Condon

The non-radiative decay of substituted dicyano-distyrylbenzenes in solution increase with the Franck–Condon energy, being opposite to the conventional energy gap law.

Excited state acid–base equilibrium of tyrosine

1978 ◽  
Vol 56 (9) ◽  
pp. 1238-1245 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Michael Rayner ◽  
Donald Theodore Krajcarski ◽  
Arthur Gustav Szabo
Keyword(s):  
Excited State ◽  
Proton Transfer ◽  
Quantum Yields ◽  
Acid Base ◽  
Large Shift ◽  
Fluorescence Quantum Yields ◽  
Base Equilibrium ◽  
Tyrosine Fluorescence ◽  
Acid Base Equilibrium ◽  
Buffer Base

Fluorescence attributable to the tyrosinate form of the amino acid tyrosine, previously only observed at pH > pK(S0) = 10.3 where tyrosinate exists in the ground state, has been observed at neutral pH in the presence of high buffer base concentrations. This observation is consistent with the large shift in pK(Sl) predicted from absorption measurements and confirms that proton transfer is indeed a mechanism by which carboxylate ions quench tyrosine fluorescence. The dependence of the fluorescence quantum yields of tyrosine and tyrosinate on pH does not fit a simple excited state acid–base equilibrium model but a more complicated system where carboxylate is also capable of simultaneously quenching tyrosine fluorescence by a mechanism not involving proton transfer. Kinetic analysis of the system allows calculation of pK(S1) = 4.2 for tyrosine. The quantum yield of tyrosinate fluorescence can be appreciably higher than that normally measured at alkaline pH where a separate quenching mechanism must operate. These results have significance in the interpretation of the fluorescence properties of proteins.

The observation of room temperature delayed fluorescence in various non-peripherally substituted phthalocyanines

2007 ◽  
Vol 11 (08) ◽  
pp. 613-617 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jannie C. Swarts ◽  
M. David Maree
Keyword(s):  
Room Temperature ◽  
Delayed Fluorescence ◽  
Quantum Yields ◽  
Fluorescence Lifetimes ◽  
Fluorescence Quantum Yields

The first observation of direct room temperature delayed fluorescence from non-peripherally substituted phthalocyanines is reported. The quantum yields of delayed fluorescence and delayed fluorescence lifetimes were determined and are discussed. The normal fluorescence quantum yields and photodegradative quantum yields of these compounds were also determined.

scholarly journals Towards Prediction of Non-Radiative Decay Pathways in Organic Compounds I: The Case of Naphthalene Quantum Yields

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Kohn ◽  
Zhou Lin ◽  
Troy Van Voorhis
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Excited State ◽  
Quantum Yield ◽  
Quantum Dynamics ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Rational Design ◽  
Radiative Decay ◽  
Quantum Yields ◽  
Equilibrium Geometry ◽  
Radiative Loss

<div>Many emerging technologies depend on human’s ability to control and manipulate the excited-state properties of molecular systems. These technologies include fluorescent</div><div>labeling in biomedical imaging, light harvesting in photovoltaics, and electroluminescence in light-emitting devices. All of these systems suffer from non-radiative loss pathways that dissipate electronic energy as heat, which causes the overall system efficiency to be directly linked to quantum yield (Φ) of the molecular excited state. Unfortunately, Φ is very difficult to predict from first principles because the description of a slow non-radiative decay mechanism requires an accurate description of long-timescale excited-state quantum dynamics. In the present study, we introduce an efficient semiempirical method of calculating the fluorescence quantum yield (Φ<sub>fl</sub>) for molecular chromophores, which, based on machine learning, converts simple electronic energies computed using time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) into an estimate of Φ<sub>fl</sub>. As with all machine learning strategies, the algorithm needs to be trained on fluorescent dyes for which Φ<sub>fl</sub>’s are known, so as to provide a black-box method which can later predict Φ<sub>fl</sub>’s for chemically similar chromophores that have not been studied experimentally. As a first illustration of how our proposed algorithm can be trained, we examine a family of 25 naphthalene derivatives. The simplest application of the energy gap law is found to be inadequate to explain the rates of internal conversion (IC) or intersystem crossing (ISC) – the electronic properties of at least one higher-lying electronic state (S<i><sub>n</sub></i> or T<i><sub>n</sub></i>) or one far-from-equilibrium geometry are typically needed to obtain accurate results. Indeed, the key descriptors turn out to be the transition state between the Franck–Condon minimum a distorted local minimum near an S<sub>0</sub>/S<sub>1</sub> conical intersection (which governs IC) and the magnitude of the spin–orbit coupling (which governs ISC). The resulting Φ<sub>fl</sub>’s are predicted with reasonable accuracy (±22%), making our approach a promising ingredient for high-throughput screening and rational design of the molecular excited states with desired Φ’s. We thus conclude that our model, while semi-empirical in nature, does in fact extract sound physical insight into the challenge of describing non-radiative relaxations.</div>

scholarly journals Utilizing selective chlorination to synthesize new triangulenium dyes

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesper Dahl Jensen ◽  
Niels Bisballe ◽  
Laura Kacenauskaite ◽  
Maria Storm Thomsen ◽  
Junsheng Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Early Stage ◽  
Quantum Yields ◽  
Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution ◽  
Fluorescence Lifetimes ◽  
Aromatic Substitution ◽  
Compound A ◽  
Fluorescence Quantum Yields ◽  
Reduction Potentials ◽  
Snar Reaction ◽  
High Fluorescence

Access to functionalization of new sites on the triangulenium core structure has been achieved at an early stage by chlorination with N-chlorosuccinimide (NCS), giving rise to two new triangulenium dyes (1 and 2). By introducing the chlorine functionalities in the acridinium precursor, positions complementary to those previously accessed by electrophilic aromatic substitution of the final dyes can be accesed. The chlorination is selective, giving only one regioisomer for both mono- and dichlorination products. For the monochlorinated acridinium compound a highly selective ring-closing reaction was discovered to generate only a single regioisomer of the cationic [4]helicene product. This discovery aspired further investigations into the mechanism of [4]helicene formation and to the first isolation of the previously proposed intermediate of the two-step SNAr reaction, key to all aza-bridged triangulenium and helicenium systems. A late stage functionalization of DAOTA+ with NCS gave rise to a different dichlorinated compound (2). The fully ring closed chlorinated triangulenium dyes 1, 2 and 3 show a redshift in absorption and emission relative to the non-chlorinated analogues, while still maintaining relatively high fluorescence quantum yields of 36%, 26%, and 41%, and long fluorescence lifetimes of 15 ns, 12.5 ns and 16 ns, respectively. Cyclic voltammetry shows that chlorination of the triangulenium dyes significantly lowers reduction potentials and thus allows for efficient tuning of redox and photo-redox properties.

scholarly journals The origin of the solvent dependence of fluorescence quantum yields in dipolar merocyanine dyes

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (48) ◽  
pp. 11013-11022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joscha Hoche ◽  
Alexander Schulz ◽  
Lysanne Monika Dietrich ◽  
Alexander Humeniuk ◽  
Matthias Stolte ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Activation Energy ◽  
Energy Barrier ◽  
Conical Intersection ◽  
Quantum Yields ◽  
Fluorescence Lifetimes ◽  
Activation Energy Barrier ◽  
Polar Solvents ◽  
Fluorescence Quantum Yields ◽  
Solvent Dependence ◽  
Merocyanine Dyes

An increasing activation energy barrier to a conical intersection was identified as the reason for higher fluorescence lifetimes and quantum yields for merocyanines in polar solvents.

Structure Property Analysis of the Solution and Solid-State Properties of Bistable Photochromic Hydrazones

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Baihao Shao ◽  
Hai Qian ◽  
Quan Li ◽  
ivan aprahamian
Keyword(s):  
Solid State ◽  
Phenyl Group ◽  
Quantum Yields ◽  
Structure Property ◽  
Pull System ◽  
X Ray Crystallography ◽  
Fluorescence Quantum Yields ◽  
Property Analysis ◽  
Fluorescence Characteristics ◽  
Almost All

The development of new photochromic compounds, and the optimization of their photophysical and switching properties are prerequisites for accessing new functions and opportunities that are not possible with currently available systems. To this end we recently developed a new bistable hydrazone switch that undergoes efficient photoswitching and emission ON/OFF toggling in both solution and solid-state. Here, we present a systematic structure-property analysis using a family of hydrazones, and show how their properties, including activation wavelengths, photostationary states (PSSs), photoisomerization quantum yields, thermal half-lives (<i>t</i><sub>1/2</sub>), and solution/solid-state fluorescence characteristics vary as a function of electron donating (EDG) and/or withdrawing (EWG) substituents. These studies resulted in the red-shifting of the absorption profiles of the <i>Z</i> and <i>E</i> isomers of the switches, while maintaining excellent PSSs in almost all of the compounds. The introduction of <i>para</i>-NMe<sub>2</sub>, and/or <i>para</i>-NO<sub>2</sub> groups improved the photoisomerization quantum yields, and the extremely long thermal half-lives (tens to thousands of years) were maintained in most cases, even in a push-pull system, which can be activated solely with visible light. Hydrazones bearing EDGs at the stator phenyl group are an exception and show up to 6 orders of magnitude acceleration in<i>t</i><sub>1/2 </sub>(<i>i.e.</i>, days)<sub> </sub>because of a change in the isomerization mechanism. Moreover, we discovered that a <i>para</i>-NMe<sub>2</sub> group is required to have reasonable fluorescence quantum yields in solution, and that rigidification enhances the emission in the solid-state. Finally, X-ray crystallography analysis showed that the switching process is more efficient in the solid-state when the hydrazone is loosely packed.<br>

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