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Polarized, V-Shaped, and Conjoined Biscoumarins: From Lack of Dipole Moment Alignment to High Brightness
(American Chemical Society, 2022) Kielesiński, Łukasz; Deperasińska, Irena; Morawski, Olaf; Vygranenko, Kateryna V.; Ouellette, Erik T.; Gryko, Daniel T.; Institute of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences; Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences; Department of Chemistry, University of California; Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Eleven conjoined coumarins possessing a chromeno[3,4-c]chromene-6,7-dione skeleton have been synthesized via the reaction of electron-rich phenols with esters of coumarin-3-carboxylic acids, catalyzed by either Lewis acids or 4-dimethylaminopyridine. Furthermore, Michael-type addition to angular benzo[f]coumarins is possible, leading to conjugated helical systems. Arrangement of the electron-donating amino groups at diverse positions on this heterocyclic skeleton makes it possible to obtain π-expanded coumarins with emission either sensitive to, or entirely independent of, solvent polarity with large Stokes shifts. Computational studies have provided a rationale for moderate solvatochromic effects unveiling the lack of collinearity of the dipole moments in the ground and excited states. Depending on the functional groups present, the obtained dyes are highly polarized with dipole moments of ∼14 D in the ground state and ∼20–25 D in the excited state. Strong emission in nonpolar solvents, in spite of the inclusion of a NO2 group, is rationalized by the fact that the intramolecular charge transfer introduced into these molecules is strong enough to suppress intersystem crossing yet weak enough to prevent the formation of dark twisted intramolecular charge transfer states. Photochemical transformation of the dye possessing a chromeno[3,4-c]pyridine-4,5-dione scaffold led to the formation of a spirocyclic benzo[g]coumarin.
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Anion-Based Self-assembly of Resorcin[4]arenes and Pyrogallol[4]arenes
(American Chemical Society, 2022) Chwastek, Monika; Cmoch, Piotr; Szumna, Agnieszka; Institute of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences
Spatial sequestration of molecules is a prerequisite for the complexity of biological systems, enabling the occurrence of numerous, often non-compatible chemical reactions and processes in one cell at the same time. Inspired by this compartmentalization concept, chemists design and synthesize artificial nanocontainers (capsules and cages) and use them to mimic the biological complexity and for new applications in recognition, separation, and catalysis. Here, we report the formation of large closed-shell species by interactions of well-known polyphenolic macrocycles with anions. It has been known since many years that C-alkyl resorcin[4]arenes (R4C) and C-alkyl pyrogallol[4]arenes (P4C) narcissistically self-assemble in nonpolar solvents to form hydrogen-bonded capsules. Here, we show a new interaction model that additionally involves anions as interacting partners and leads to even larger capsular species. Diffusion-ordered spectroscopy and titration experiments indicate that the anion-sealed species have a diameter of >26 Å and suggest stoichiometry (M)6(X–)24 and tight ion pairing with cations. This self-assembly is effective in a nonpolar environment (THF and benzene but not in chloroform), however, requires initiation by mechanochemistry (dry milling) in the case of non-compatible solubility. Notably, it is common among various polyphenolic macrocycles (M) having diverse geometries and various conformational lability.
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From 2,5-Diformyl-1,4-dihydropyrrolo[3,2-b]pyrroles to Quadrupolar, Centrosymmetric Two-Photon-Absorbing A–D–A Dyes
(American Chemical Society, 2022-03-28) Kowalczyk, Paweł; Tasior, Mariusz; Ozaki, Shuhei; Kamada, Kenji; Gryko, Daniel T.; Institute of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences; NMRI, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST); Japan Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kwansei Gakuin University
An original approach has been developed for the insertion of formyl substituents at positions 2 and 5 of 1,4-dihydropyrrolo[3,2-b]pyrroles by conversion of thiazol-2-yl sub stituents. The synthetic utility of these formyl groups was investigated, and a series of centrosymmetric A−π−D−π−A frameworks were constructed. The two-photon absorption of the quadrupolar pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyrrole possessing two dicyanovinyli dene flanking groups is attributed to an S0 → (S1) → S4 transition which has a large TPA cross-section (1300 GM) for a molecule of this size.