TY - JOUR
T1 - Synthesis and characterization of new fluorescent styrene-containing carborane derivatives: The singular quenching role of a phenyl substituent
AU - Ferrer-Ugalde, Albert
AU - Juárez-Pérez, Emilio José
AU - Teixidor, Francesc
AU - Viñas, Clara
AU - Sillanpää, Reijo
AU - Pérez-Inestrosa, Ezequiel
AU - Núñez, Rosario
PY - 2012/1/9
Y1 - 2012/1/9
N2 - A set of neutral and anionic carborane derivatives in which the styrenyl fragment is introduced as a fluorophore group has been successfully synthesized and characterized. The reaction of the monolithium salts of 1-Ph-1,2-C 2B 10H 11, 1-Me-1,2-C 2B 10H 11 and 1,2-C 2B 10H 12 with one equivalent of 4-vinylbenzyl chloride leads to the formation of compounds 1-3, whereas the reaction of the dilithium salt of 1,2-C 2B 10H 12 with two equivalents of 4-vinylbenzyl chloride gives disubstituted compound 4. The closo clusters were degraded using the classical method, KOH in EtOH, to afford the corresponding nido species, which were isolated as tetramethylammonium salts. The crystal structure of the four closo compounds 1-4 were analyzed by X-ray diffraction. All compounds, except 1, display emission properties, with quantum yields dependent on the nature of the cluster (closo or nido) and the substituent on the second C cluster atom. In general, closo compounds 2-4 exhibit high fluorescence emission, whereas the presence of a nido cluster produces a decrease of the emission intensity. The presence of a phenyl group bonded to the C cluster results in an excellent electron-acceptor unit that produces a quenching of the fluorescence. DFT calculations have confirmed the charge-separation state in 1 to explain the quenching of the fluorescence and the key role of the carboranyl fragment in this luminescent process. Copyright © 2012 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
AB - A set of neutral and anionic carborane derivatives in which the styrenyl fragment is introduced as a fluorophore group has been successfully synthesized and characterized. The reaction of the monolithium salts of 1-Ph-1,2-C 2B 10H 11, 1-Me-1,2-C 2B 10H 11 and 1,2-C 2B 10H 12 with one equivalent of 4-vinylbenzyl chloride leads to the formation of compounds 1-3, whereas the reaction of the dilithium salt of 1,2-C 2B 10H 12 with two equivalents of 4-vinylbenzyl chloride gives disubstituted compound 4. The closo clusters were degraded using the classical method, KOH in EtOH, to afford the corresponding nido species, which were isolated as tetramethylammonium salts. The crystal structure of the four closo compounds 1-4 were analyzed by X-ray diffraction. All compounds, except 1, display emission properties, with quantum yields dependent on the nature of the cluster (closo or nido) and the substituent on the second C cluster atom. In general, closo compounds 2-4 exhibit high fluorescence emission, whereas the presence of a nido cluster produces a decrease of the emission intensity. The presence of a phenyl group bonded to the C cluster results in an excellent electron-acceptor unit that produces a quenching of the fluorescence. DFT calculations have confirmed the charge-separation state in 1 to explain the quenching of the fluorescence and the key role of the carboranyl fragment in this luminescent process. Copyright © 2012 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
KW - carboranes
KW - cluster compounds
KW - density functional calculations
KW - photoluminescence
KW - styrene
U2 - 10.1002/chem.201101881
DO - 10.1002/chem.201101881
M3 - Article
VL - 18
SP - 544
EP - 553
IS - 2
ER -