New columnar liquid crystal materials based on luminescent 2-methoxy-3-cyanopyridines
作者:T. N. Ahipa、Vijith Kumar、Airody Vasudeva Adhikari
DOI:10.1007/s11224-014-0390-x
日期:2014.8
A new series of donor–acceptor–donor (D–A–D) type luminescent mesogens carrying 2-methoxy-3-cyanopyridine as a central core linked with variable alkoxy chain lengths (m = 6 and 8) as terminal substituents was synthesized and characterized using spectral methods. The newly synthesized molecules were subjected to single-crystal X-ray diffraction (SCXRD), powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD), differential scanning calorimetric (DSC), polarizing optical microscopy (POM), and fluorescence emission studies in order to ascertain their mesogenic and photophysical properties. The SCXRD data on 4a and 4b reveal that the presence of short intermolecular contacts, viz. C–H···N, C–H···O, C–H···π, and π···π interactions, is responsible for their crystal packing. The measured torsion angle values indicate that molecules possess distorted non-planar structure. The DSC, POM, and PXRD studies confirm that all the molecules show thermotropic liquid crystalline behaviour and exhibit rectangular columnar phase. Further, their UV–visible and fluorescence spectral studies reveal that the target molecules are luminescent displaying a strong absorption band in the range of 335–340 nm and a blue fluorescence emission band in the range of 395–425 nm (both in solution and film state) with good fluorescence quantum yields (10–49 %).
以 2-甲氧基-3-氰基吡啶为中心核,以可变烷氧基链长度(m = 6 和 8)为末端取代基,合成了一系列新的供体-受体-供体(D-A-D)型发光介质,并利用光谱方法对其进行了表征。对新合成的分子进行了单晶 X 射线衍射(SCXRD)、粉末 X 射线衍射(PXRD)、差示扫描量热(DSC)、偏振光学显微镜(POM)和荧光发射研究,以确定它们的介电性和光物理性质。4a 和 4b 的 SCXRD 数据显示,它们的晶体结构是由分子间的短接触(即 C-H--N、C-H--O、C-H--π 和 π--π 相互作用)造成的。测量到的扭转角值表明,分子具有扭曲的非平面结构。DSC、POM 和 PXRD 研究证实,所有分子都表现出热致液晶行为,并呈现矩形柱状相。此外,它们的紫外-可见光和荧光光谱研究表明,目标分子具有发光特性,在 335-340 nm 范围内显示出强吸收带,在 395-425 nm 范围内显示出蓝色荧光发射带(溶液和薄膜状态下均是),并具有良好的荧光量子产率(10-49 %)。