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Bures F, Schweizer WB, May JC, et al. Property tuning in charge-transfer chromophores by systematic modulation of the spacer between donor and acceptor. Chemistry. 2007;13(19):5378-87doi: 10.1002/chem.200601735.
Bures, F., Schweizer, W. B., May, J. C., Boudon, C., Gisselbrecht, J. P., Gross, M., Biaggio, I., & Diederich, F. (2007). Property tuning in charge-transfer chromophores by systematic modulation of the spacer between donor and acceptor. Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), 13(19), 5378-87. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.200601735
Bures, Filip, et al. "Property tuning in charge-transfer chromophores by systematic modulation of the spacer between donor and acceptor." Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) vol. 13,19 (2007): 5378-87. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.200601735
Bures F, Schweizer WB, May JC, Boudon C, Gisselbrecht JP, Gross M, Biaggio I, Diederich F. Property tuning in charge-transfer chromophores by systematic modulation of the spacer between donor and acceptor. Chemistry. 2007;13(19):5378-87. doi: 10.1002/chem.200601735. PMID: 17304602.
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Chemistry. 2007;13(19):5378-87. doi: 10.1002/chem.200601735.

Property tuning in charge-transfer chromophores by systematic modulation of the spacer between donor and acceptor.

Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)

Filip Bures, W Bernd Schweizer, Joshua C May, Corinne Boudon, Jean-Paul Gisselbrecht, Maurice Gross, Ivan Biaggio, François Diederich

Affiliations

  1. Laboratorium für Organische Chemie, ETH-Zürich, Hönggerberg, HCI, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland.

PMID: 17304602 DOI: 10.1002/chem.200601735

Abstract

A series of donor-acceptor chromophores was prepared in which the spacer separating 4-dimethylanilino (DMA) donor and C(CN)(2) acceptor moieties is systematically varied. All of the new push-pull systems, except 4 b, are thermally stable molecules. In series a, the DMA rings are directly attached to the central spacer, whereas in series b additional acetylene moieties are inserted. X-ray crystal structures were obtained for seven of the new, intensely colored target compounds. In series a, the DMA rings are sterically forced out of the mean plane of the residual pi system, whereas the entire conjugated pi system in series b is nearly planar. Support for strong donor-acceptor interactions was obtained through evaluation of the quinoid character of the DMA ring and by NMR and IR spectroscopy. The UV/Vis spectra feature bathochromically shifted, intense charge-transfer bands, with the lowest energy transitions and the smallest optical gap being measured for the two-dimensionally extended chromophores 6 a and 6 b. The redox behavior of the push-pull molecules was investigated by cyclic voltammetry (CV) and differential pulse voltammetry (DPV). In the series 1 b, 2 b, 4 b, 5 b, in which the spacer between donor and acceptor moieties is systematically enlarged, the electrochemical gap decreases steadily from 1.94 V (1 b) to 1.53 V (5 b). This decrease is shown to be a consequence of a reduction in the D-A conjugation with increasing spacer length. Degenerate four-wave mixing experiments reveal high third-order optical nonlinearities, pointing to potentially interesting applications of some of the new chromophores in optoelectronic devices.

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