Fluorescence and Photodimerization Studies of Cyano-Substituted Diphenylbutadienes
摘要:
Fluorescent emission and photodimerization of crystalline (1E,3E)-1,4-diphenylbutadiene (2, DPB), (IZ,3E)l-cyano-1 ,4-diphenylbutadiene (3, CDPB) and (1Z, 3E)-1-cyano-3-methyl-1,4-diphenplbutadiene (4, CMDPB) have been studied. Although crystals of all the three dienes exhibit red-shifted fluorescence, only CDPB (3) crystals give [2 + 2] photoproduct on photolysis, despite having a rather long center-to-center distance of 5.04 Angstrom between cyano-substituted double bonds. Large differences in the absorption and fluorescence excitation spectra are observed for crystalline dienes. For example, absorption by a solution of CDPB (3) in n-hexane is at 339 mn, while its crystals show excitation maximum at 414 nm. However, in solution, the excitation spectra are quite similar. Further, the excitation spectra of crystalline DPB (2) and CMDPB (4) are much broader and considerably blue shifted relative to what of CDPB (3). The difference in the photophysical behavior is related to the crystal structure differences and reactivity differences. The results are discussed in terms of the possible involvement of either excimers or ground state molecular aggregates in the observed photoprocesses.
reaction was used to construct a series of α‐cyano‐α,ω‐diaryloligovinylenes, which show prominent fluorescence emission in the solid state. On investigating the effect of conjugation length on fluorescent properties, we found that the diene structure showed superior solid‐state luminescence. Furthermore, the emission color could be adjusted by introducing donor or acceptor functional groups at the
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Manganese Catalyzed α-Olefination of Nitriles by Primary Alcohols
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