Synthesis and Characterization of New Fluorescent Styrene‐Containing Carborane Derivatives: The Singular Quenching Role of a Phenyl Substituent
- 6 December 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Chemistry – A European Journal
- Vol. 18 (2), 544-553
- https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201101881
Abstract
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-C2B10H11, 1-Me-1,2-C2B10H11 and 1,2-C2B10H12 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-C2B10H12 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 Ccluster 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 Ccluster 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.Keywords
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