A series of new π-conjugated donor (D) and acceptor (A) dyad comonomers were prepared using Suzuki coupling protocols. The D–A comonomers consisting of thiophene/bithiophene as donors and pyridine/pyrimidine as acceptors were prepared to investigate their photophysical and electrochemical properties. The dyads were spectroscopically confirmed to be highly conjugated. This was further supported by the X-ray crystal structure of the bithophene–pyridine dyad that showed all the heterocycles to be coplanar. It was further found that the fluorescence yields (Φfl) of the dyads were highly dependent on the number of thiophenes. The bithiophene derivatives exhibited Φfl values ≥ 0.3 while the thiophene derivatives did not fluoresce. The suppressed fluorescence observed for the thiophene derivatives was due to their higher triplet energy resulting in efficient intersystem crossing (ISC) to the triplet state with ΦISC ≥ 0.8. This was confirmed both by time-resolved and steady-state measurements. The singlet excited state of both thiophene and bithiophene dyads was deactivated solely by either fluorescence and (or) ISC. Owing to their donor and acceptor character, the dyads could be oxidized and reduced both electrochemically and photochemically to afford the radical cation and anion, respectively.
利用铃木偶联协议制备了一系列新的π-共轭供体(D)和受体(A)二元共聚物。以噻吩/联噻吩为给体,吡啶/嘧啶为受体制备了 D-A 共聚单体,以研究它们的光物理和电化学性质。这些二元体经光谱证实具有高度共轭性。双噻吩-吡啶二元化合物的 X 射线晶体结构进一步证实了这一点,该结构显示所有杂环都是共面的。研究还发现,二元化合物的荧光产率(Φfl)与噻吩的数量密切相关。噻吩衍生物的 Φfl 值≥ 0.3,而噻吩衍生物则不产生荧光。噻吩衍生物的荧光被抑制的原因是它们的三重态能量较高,从而导致高效的系统间交叉(ISC)到三重态(ΦISC ≥ 0.8)。时间分辨和稳态测量都证实了这一点。噻吩和双噻吩二元体的单线激发态仅通过荧光和(或)ISC 失活。由于其供体和受体特性,二元化合物可以通过电化学和光化学方式氧化和还原,分别产生自由基阳离子和阴离子。