We synthesized chiral-substituents modified pillar[5]arene for the first time. The chiral-substituents modified pillar[5]arene showed planarchirality and interconversion between (pS) and (pR) forms took place quickly. The planarchirality was switched by temperature, solvents, and addition of achiral guest. As the measurement temperature increased, the diastereomeric excess was decreased. The diastereomeric
The pR and pS forms of pillar[5]areneregulated by short- and long-chain guestsolvents, respectively, were both diastereomerically memorized by introducing bulky groups through click reactions. The diastereomeric excess was also amplified by crystallization of the pillar[5]arene. The subsequent introduction of bulky groups yielded a pillar[5]arene with excellent diastereomeric excess (95 % de).
Steering the Conformation and Chiroptical Properties of Poly(dithienopyrrole)s Substituted with Chiral OPV Side Chains.
作者:Wouter Vanormelingen、Lesley Pandey、Mark Van der Auweraer、Thierry Verbiest、Guy Koeckelberghs
DOI:10.1021/ma902762z
日期:2010.3.9
This manuscript discusses the conformation and chiroptical properties of poly(dithienopyrrole)s (PDTPs), Substituted with oligo(phenylenevinylene) (OPV) side chains and the influence of the substitution of the OPV moiety on these features. The OPV side chains were equipped with gallic acid moieties in order to promote the formation of a helical conformation in poor solvents. The polymers were prepared by Stille-couplings and characterized by GPC and NMR, UV-vis, CID, and emission spectroscopy. It was found that OPV-PDTPs, solely equipped with (chiral) alkyl groups at the terminal gallic acid group, show a very strong tendency to adopt a helical conformation, but no resolution or the mixture of helices and therefore no chiral expression. Additional substitution of the allows for a discrimination of the mixture of lielical senses. In this way, the OPV side chains can bechirally organized by the helical PDTP backbone. Substitution of the OPV in a-position, however, sterically excludes the possibility to adopt a helical conformation, but results in a lamellar supramolecular Structure in poor solvents. The macromolecular behavior is explained in terms of space confinement and sieric hindrance in the respective Structures.
Constitutionally Asymmetric and Chiral [2]Pseudorotaxanes<sup>1</sup>
作者:Masumi Asakawa、Peter R. Ashton、Wayne Hayes、Henk M. Janssen、E. W. Meijer、Stephan Menzer、Dario Pasini、J. Fraser Stoddart、Andrew J. P. White、David J. Williams
DOI:10.1021/ja970018i
日期:1998.2.1
The self-assembly and characterization of a range of chiral pseudorotaxanes has been explored using chiroptical methods. The syntheses of (i) constitutionally asymmetric acyclic hydroquinone-containing polyethers and (ii) optically active hydroquinone-containing acyclic polyethers, bearing pairs of methyl or isobutyl groups related to each other in a C-2-symmetric manner within the polyether backbone, are described. The combination of (i) the tetracationic cyclophane cyclobis(paraquat-p-phenylene) tetrakis(hexafluorophosphate), possessing a pi-electron deficient cavity, and (ii) the linear noncentrosymmetric acyclic polyethers produces [2]pseudorotaxanes that have been characterized by H-1 NMR, UV/vis and circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopies in solution and by X-ray crystallography in the solid state. The introduction of constitutional asymmetry or chirality gives rise to a number of different geometries for the [2]pseudorotaxanes in both the solution and solid states. in particular, CD-spectroscopic measurements on the optically active [2]pseudorotaxanes have shown that-depending on the positions of the C-2 symmetrically related chiral centers in the polyether chains with respect to the hydroquinone rings-the chirality present in the pi-electron rich threadrike guest can induce chirality that is associated with the supramolecular structure as a whole, resulting in a chiral charge-transfer transition involving not only the pi-donors in the chiral guests but also the pi-acceptors in the achiral host.
Synthesis, Photophysical Properties, and Photovoltaic Devices of Oligo(<i>p</i>-phenylene vinylene)-fullerene Dyads
作者:Emiel Peeters、Paul A. van Hal、Joop Knol、Christoph J. Brabec、N. Serdar Sariciftci、J. C. Hummelen、René A. J. Janssen
DOI:10.1021/jp001717b
日期:2000.11.1
The synthesis of a homologous series of oligo(p,-phenylene vinylene)-fulleropyrrolidines (OPVn-C-60, n 1-4, where n is the number of phenyl rings) is described. The photophysical properties of these donor-acceptor dyads and the corresponding model compounds, alpha,omega -dimethyl-2,5-bis(2- (S)-methylbutoxy)-1,4-phenylene vinylene oligomers (OPVn, n = 2-4) and N-methylfulleropyrrolidine (MP-C-60), are studied as a function of the conjugation length in solvents of different polarity and as thin films. Fast singlet energy transfer occurs after photoexcitation of the OPVn moiety of the dyads toward the fullerene moiety in an apolar solvent. Photoexcitation of the dyads in a polar solvent results in electron transfer fur OPV3-C-60 and OPV4-C-60. and to some extent for OPV2-C-60, but not for OPV1-C-60 These results are compared to the results obtained for mixtures of OPVn and MP-C-60 in the same solvents. The solvent-dependent change in free energy for charge separation of the donor-acceptor systems is calculated from the Weller equation, and the rate constants for energy and electron transfer are derived from the fluorescence lifetime and quenching. The results show that in a polar solvent electron transfer in these dyads is likely to occur via a two-step process, that is, a very fast singlet energy transfer prior to charge separation. In thin solid films of OPV3-C-60 and OPV4-C-60, a long-lived charge-separated state is Termed after photoexcitation. The long lifetime in the film is attributed to the migration of charges to different molecules. A flexible photovoltaic device is prepared from OPV4-C-60.