Air- and water-stable, fluorescent oligomers of 9,10-dihydro-9,10- diboraanthracene

Christian Reus, Fang Guo, Alexandra John, Marcel Winhold, Hans Wolfram Lerner, Frieder Jäkle, Matthias Wagner

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Abstract

Air- and water-stable, -conjugated [-donor-acceptor-]n oligomers containing thiophene fragments as donors and 9,10-dimesityl-9,10-dihydro-9,10- diboraanthracene (DBA(Mes)2) as acceptor units were prepared through Stille-type C-C-coupling protocols. The reaction between 2,6-dibromo-DBA(Mes) 2 (1), 2,7-dibromo-DBA(Mes)2 (2), 2-bromo-6,7-dimethyl- DBA(Mes)2 (3), and 2,5-bis(trimethylstannyl)thiophene (7) furnished monodisperse, short-chain model systems 80 (2 × DBA(Mes) 2, 1 × 2,5-thienylene) and 81 (3 × DBA(Mes)2, 2 × 2,5-thienylene) after GPC separation. In the absence of 3, the oligomerization of 1/2 with 7 provided analogous longer chain macromolecules 9 (MALDI-MS reveals up to 7 repeating units; GPC indicates also significantly longer chains). UV/vis absorption spectroscopy suggests that the obtained chain lengths of 9 are already sufficient to reach the maximum effective conjugation length (the lower limit of the HOMO-LUMO band gap corresponds to 2.3 eV). 9 gives rise to a dark orange fluorescence, both in C6H6 solution (f = 47%) and as thin film ( f = 13%).

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)3727-3735
Number of pages9
JournalMacromolecules
Volume47
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 10 2014

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Organic Chemistry
  • Polymers and Plastics
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Materials Chemistry

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