Remarkable isomeric effects on the mechanofluorochromism of tetraphenylethylene-based D-π-A derivatives

Three tetraphenylethylene (TPE) decorated benzaldehyde isomers were designed and synthesized via the Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reaction with higher yields by changing the linking positions of the peripheral TPE units to demonstrate the isomeric effects on the photophysical and MFC properties. The chan...

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Published in:New journal of chemistry 2019-01, Vol.43 (5), p.2231-2237
Main Authors: Jia, Junhui, Zhao, Haixia
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Benzaldehyde
Chemical synthesis
Coupling (molecular)
Crystallography
Emission spectra
Fluorescence
Isomers
Molecular structure
NMR
Nuclear magnetic resonance
Phase transitions
Properties (attributes)
Structural analysis
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Summary:Three tetraphenylethylene (TPE) decorated benzaldehyde isomers were designed and synthesized via the Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reaction with higher yields by changing the linking positions of the peripheral TPE units to demonstrate the isomeric effects on the photophysical and MFC properties. The changes of the linking positions could alter the molecular packing modes, and thus, their solid-state fluorescence properties exhibit remarkable isomeric effects. Interestingly, the three isomers are all aggregation induced emission (AIE) and MFC dyes. And the MFC activities of the three compounds are increased with the sequence of m -TPEC (45 nm) > p -TPEC (39 nm) > o -TPEC (8 nm). X-ray structural analysis, XRD, DSC and theoretical studies suggest that the change from a crystalline phase with a twisted molecular structure to a more planar amorphous phase should be responsible for the MFC properties. These findings suggest that subtle manipulation of the end groups capped at benzaldehyde could significantly alter and tune the photophysical properties. And these results will be of great help in understanding the structure-property relationships of MFC mechanisms and designing more new MFC materials. Three tetraphenylethylene (TPE) decorated benzaldehyde isomers were designed and synthesized via the Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reaction with higher yields by changing the linking positions of the peripheral TPE units to demonstrate the isomeric effects on the photophysical and MFC properties.
ISSN:1144-0546
1369-9261
DOI:10.1039/c8nj05933k