Issue 40, 2018

Luminescent liquid crystalline hybrid materials by embedding octahedral molybdenum cluster anions with soft organic shells derived from tribenzo[18]crown-6

Abstract

Crown ethers and their derivatives are versatile building blocks for the design of supramolecular materials. They can be functionalized at will and are well known for their abilities to complex with alkali cations. Here, we show that emissive lanthanide free hybrid materials can be generated by using such building blocks. The organic tribenzo[18]crown-6 central core was functionalized via six-fold Suzuki cross-coupling as a key reaction with three o-terphenyl units which could be converted into their corresponding triphenylenes by the Scholl reaction, leading to novel liquid-crystalline columnar materials. Selected tribenzo[18]crown-6 o-terphenyls could interact with emissive ternary metal cluster compound salts to generate hybrid materials combining the properties of both moieties. Due to synergistic effects and despite the anisometry of the cluster compounds, individual properties such as liquid-crystalline phase stability of the organic part and emission abilities of its inorganic counter-part are enhanced in the hybrid compounds.

Graphical abstract: Luminescent liquid crystalline hybrid materials by embedding octahedral molybdenum cluster anions with soft organic shells derived from tribenzo[18]crown-6

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
09 Mha 2018
Accepted
24 Mha 2018
First published
03 Ndz 2018

Dalton Trans., 2018,47, 14340-14351

Luminescent liquid crystalline hybrid materials by embedding octahedral molybdenum cluster anions with soft organic shells derived from tribenzo[18]crown-6

P. Ehni, K. Guy, M. Ebert, S. Beardsworth, K. Bader, R. Forschner, A. Bühlmeyer, N. Dumait, C. Roiland, Y. Molard and S. Laschat, Dalton Trans., 2018, 47, 14340 DOI: 10.1039/C8DT03254H

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