Issue 5, 2016

Effects of boryl, phosphino, and phosphonio substituents on optical, electrochemical, and photophysical properties of 2,5-dithienylphospholes and 2-phenyl-5-thienylphospholes

Abstract

The optical, electrochemical, and photophysical properties of Mes2B- (Mes = 2,4,6-trimethylphenyl), Ph2P-, or Ph2MeP+-substituted 2,5-dithienylphospholes and 2-phenyl-5-thienylphospholes are reported. The Mes2B- and Ph2P-substituted derivatives were prepared via regioselective lithiation and metathesis at the thiophene rings of the corresponding unsubstituted π-systems. The Ph2MeP+-substituted derivatives (phosphonium salts) were obtained via methylation of the Ph2P-substituted π-systems. The optical and electrochemical data and density functional theory calculations showed that the highest occupied molecular orbital and lowest unoccupied molecular orbital energies of these α,α′-linked thiophene–phosphole π-systems were sensitive to the intrinsic nature of the B and P substituents. The fluorescence quantum yields (Φf) of the Ph2MeP+-substituted derivatives varied considerably depending on the counter anion, concentration, and solvent, but the π–π* transition energies were unchanged. The emitting ability of the Ph2MeP+-substituted 2,5-dithienylphosphole π-system changed significantly from Φf = 0.07 to 0.87. These findings were investigated using time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy and fluorescence titration measurements. The results show that phosphonium iodides were present in the equilibrium mixtures of three or two emitting ion pairs in CH2Cl2. The light-emitting abilities of the Ph2MeP+-substituted derivatives rely on heavy atom effects derived from the counter halide anions.

Graphical abstract: Effects of boryl, phosphino, and phosphonio substituents on optical, electrochemical, and photophysical properties of 2,5-dithienylphospholes and 2-phenyl-5-thienylphospholes

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
29 août 2015
Accepted
02 nov. 2015
First published
09 nov. 2015

Dalton Trans., 2016,45, 2190-2200

Effects of boryl, phosphino, and phosphonio substituents on optical, electrochemical, and photophysical properties of 2,5-dithienylphospholes and 2-phenyl-5-thienylphospholes

Y. Koyanagi, Y. Kimura and Y. Matano, Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 2190 DOI: 10.1039/C5DT03362D

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