Issue 45, 2020

A molecular boron cluster-based chromophore with dual emission

Abstract

Bromination of the luminescent borane, anti-B18H22, via electrophilic substitution using AlCl3 and Br2, yields the monosubstituted derivative 4-Br-anti-B18H21 as an air-stable crystalline solid. In contrast to the unsubstituted parent compound, 4-Br-anti-B18H21 possesses dual emission upon excitation with UV light and exhibits fluorescence at 410 nm and phosphorescence at 503 nm, with Φtotal = 0.07 in oxygen-free cyclohexane. Increased oxygen content in cyclohexane solution quenches the phosphorescence signal. The fluorescent signal intensity remains unaffected by oxygen, suggesting that this molecule could be used as a ratiometric oxygen probe.

Graphical abstract: A molecular boron cluster-based chromophore with dual emission

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
05 mar 2020
Accepted
04 apr 2020
First published
08 apr 2020

Dalton Trans., 2020,49, 16245-16251

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A molecular boron cluster-based chromophore with dual emission

K. P. Anderson, M. A. Waddington, G. J. Balaich, J. M. Stauber, N. A. Bernier, J. R. Caram, P. I. Djurovich and A. M. Spokoyny, Dalton Trans., 2020, 49, 16245 DOI: 10.1039/D0DT00826E

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