Room-temperature phosphorescence in crystalline bifurcating halogen⋯halogen synthon containing chromophore†
Abstract
Herein, we report room-temperature phosphorescence in a brominated dihydropentacene derivative having bifurcating bromine synthon in the crystalline state. Delayed emission experiments and insights from theoretical investigations have corroborated the feasibility of long-lived triplet excitons, offering promising implications for synthon-stabilized, metal-free, organic phosphors.