Studies on Spherically Distributed LUMO and Electron-Accepting Properties of Caged Hexakis(germasesquioxanes)
作者:Joji Ohshita、Toshiyuki Tsuchida、Kenji Komaguchi、Kazuki Yamamoto、Yohei Adachi、Yousuke Ooyama、Yutaka Harima、Kazuyoshi Tanaka
DOI:10.1021/acs.organomet.6b00950
日期:2017.7.24
When the caged germasesquioxanes hexakis-(cyclohexylgermasesquioxane) and hexakis(n-octylgermasesquioxane) (GT(6)Cy and GT(6)Oc) were irradiated with gamma-rays in 2-methyltetrahydrofuran (2-MTHF) glass matrices at 77 K, anisotropic ESR signals ascribed to their radical anions were observed. DFT calculations of a model radical anion, [hexakis(methylgermasilsesquioxane)](-) (GT(6)Me(-)), indicated unsymmetrical distribution of the SOMO (singly occupied molecular orbital), in agreement with the anisotropy of the ESR signals. To better understand the electronic states of the caged germasesquioxanes, hexakis(dimethylaminophenylgermasesquioxane) (GT(6)An) was prepared and its photoluminescence (PL) properties were investigated. Interestingly, the PL efficiency of GT(6)An was much lower than that of dimethylaniline itself, likely because of the electron transfer from the photoexcited dimethylaniline unit to the germasesquioxane cage.