Charge transfer fluorescence of trans-stryrylpyridinium iodides
摘要:
The photoprocesses of trans-1-methyl-4-[4-R-styryl]pyridinium iodide (R = H, P1) and derivatives with a cyano, a nitro and a methoxy group at the phenyl moiety, P2-P4, respectively, were studied in solution. In solvents of relatively low polarity, e.g. tetrahydrofuran, where contact ion pairs are present, the fluorescence spectrum of the styrylpyridinium is significantly red-shifted and the quantum yield is strongly enhanced. These findings are due to photoinduced electron transfer from I- to the excited singlet state of the cation. The features of complementary trans-styrylquinolinium iodides are in good accordance. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
In the title compound, C(15)H(13)N(2)(+).C(24)H(20)B(-), the pyridyl ring of the cation makes a dihedral angle of 1.6 degrees with the benzene ring. Each is rotated in the same direction with respect to the central -C-CH=CH-C- linkage, by 3.8 and 5.3 degrees, respectively. The anions have a slightly distorted tetrahedral geometry. Molecular packing analysis was carried out using the packing energy portioning scheme in the program OPEC. Around each anion in the crystal structure there are eight anions, which interact with the central anion through C-H...pi interactions. The cations are hydrogen bonded in a head-to-tail fashion, forming chains along [101].
Photoinduced electron transfer vs. trans .fwdarw. cis photoisomerization of quaternary salts of 4-substituted 4'-azastilbenes (R = CN, H, CH3, and OCH3) and their quinolinium analogs. 10