Synthesis of Functionalized Mono-, Bis-, and Trisethynyltriptycenes for One-Dimensional Self-Assembly on Surfaces
作者:Agnès M. Sirven、Romain Garbage、Yun Qiao、Claire Kammerer、Gwénaël Rapenne
DOI:10.1002/chem.201502195
日期:2015.10.12
This paper describes the synthesis of triptycene‐based building blocks that are able to interact through hydrogen bonds to form one‐dimensional self‐assembled motifs on surfaces. We designed 9,10‐diethynyltriptycene derivatives functionalized at the ethynyl end groups by a variety of hydrogen‐bonding groups for homomolecular recognition and complementary building blocks for heteromolecular recognition
Resistance to Unwanted Photo-Oxidation of Multi-Acene Molecules
作者:Yu Yan、Zachary A. Lamport、Ioannis Kymissis、Samuel W. Thomas
DOI:10.1021/acs.joc.0c01890
日期:2020.10.2
Although long acenes remain a key class of pi-conjugated molecules for numerous applications, photoinduced oxidation upon exposure of the acene to light, often through sensitization of O-1(2), is an important reaction requiring mitigation for most applications. In response to this ongoing challenge, this paper presents a series of four new diarylethynyl-substituted long acenes-three tetracenes and one anthradithiophene-in which the arylene pendants are either benzene, naphthalene, or anthracene. UV/vis and fluorescence spectroscopy reveals that the anthracene-substituted derivatives fluoresce poorly (Phi < 0.01). Although all four long acenes react with O-1(2) at expected rates when an external photosensitizer is included and show the expected changes in fluorescence to accompany these reactions, the anthracene-substituted derivatives resist direct photoinduced oxidation. Through a combination of mechanistic experiments, we conclude that rapid nonradiative decay of the anthracene-substituted derivatives, perhaps because of inter-arene torsions that emerge in theoretical geometry optimizations, makes these compounds poor photosensitizers for O-1(2) or other reactive oxygen species. This discovery opens new design possibilities for extended acene structures with improved photochemical stability.