Zuolun Zhang
Optical and electronic properties of air-stable organoboron compounds with strongly electron-accepting bis(fluoromesityl)boryl groups
Zhang, Zuolun; Edkins, Robert M.; Nitsch, Jörn; Fucke, Katharina; Steffen, Andreas; Longobardi, Lauren E.; Stephan, Douglas W.; Lambert, Christoph; Marder, Todd B.
Authors
Robert M. Edkins
Jörn Nitsch
Katharina Fucke
Andreas Steffen
Lauren E. Longobardi
Douglas W. Stephan
Christoph Lambert
Todd B. Marder
Abstract
Three compounds with phenyl (1), 4-tert-butylphenyl (2) and 4-N,N-diphenylaminophenyl (3) groups attached to bis(fluoromesityl)boryl ((FMes)2B) through B–C bonds have been prepared. The restricted rotation about the B–C bonds of boron-bonded aryl rings in solution has been studied by variable-temperature 19F NMR spectroscopy, and through-space F–F coupling has been observed for 3 at low temperature. Steric congestion inhibits binding of 1 by Lewis bases DABCO and tBu3P and the activation of H2 in their presence. Photophysical and electrochemical studies have been carried out on 2, 3, and an analogue of 3 containing a bis(mesityl)boryl ((Mes)2B) group, namely 4. Both 2 and 3 show bright emission in nonpolar solvents and in the solid-state, very strong electron-accepting ability as measured by cyclic voltammetry, and good air-stability. In addition, 2 displayed unusually long-lived emission (τ = 2.47 s) in 2-MeTHF at 77 K. The much stronger acceptor strength of (FMes)2B than (Mes)2B leads to significantly red-shifted emission in solution and the solid state, stronger emission solvatochromism, and significantly lower reduction potentials. Theoretical calculations confirm that 2 and 3 tend to form highly twisted excited states with good conjugation between one FMes group and the boron atom, which correlate well with their blue-shifted solid-state emissions and low kr values in solution.
Citation
Zhang, Z., Edkins, R. M., Nitsch, J., Fucke, K., Steffen, A., Longobardi, L. E., …Marder, T. B. (2015). Optical and electronic properties of air-stable organoboron compounds with strongly electron-accepting bis(fluoromesityl)boryl groups. Chemical Science, 6(1), 308-321. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4sc02410a
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | Jan 1, 2015 |
Deposit Date | Oct 16, 2014 |
Publicly Available Date | Dec 17, 2014 |
Journal | Chemical Science |
Print ISSN | 2041-6520 |
Electronic ISSN | 2041-6539 |
Publisher | Royal Society of Chemistry |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 6 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 308-321 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1039/c4sc02410a |
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