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Acetylene Derivatives of Cationic Diazaoxatriangulenes and Diaza [4]Helicenes ‐ Access to Red Emitters and Planar Chiral Stereochemical Traits

Published inChemistry, vol. 28, no. 15, e202104405
Publication date2022-03-10
First online date2022-02-09
Abstract

Cationic triangulenes, and related helicenes, constitute a rich class of dyes and fluorophores, usually absorbing and emitting light at low energy, in the orange to red domains. Recently, to broaden the scope of applications, regioselective late-stage functionalizations on these core moieties have been developed. For instance, with the introduction of electron-donating groups (EDGs), important bathochromic shifts are observed pushing absorptions towards or in the near-infrared (NIR) spectral domain while emissive properties disappear essentially completely. Herein, to upset this drawback, acetylene derivatives of cationic diazaoxa triangulenes (DAOTA) and [4]helicenes are prepared (16 examples). Contrary to other EDG-functionalized derivatives, C≡C− functionalized products remain broadly fluorescent, with red-shifted absorptions (Δλabs up to 25 nm) and emissions (Δλem up to 73 nm, ΦPL up to 51 %). Quite interestingly, a general dynamic stereoisomerism phenomenon is evidenced for the compounds derived from achiral DAOTA cores. At low temperature in 1H NMR spectroscopy (218 K), N−CH2 protons become diastereotopic with chemical shifts differences (Δδ) as high as +1.64 ppm. The signal coalescence occurs around 273 K with a barrier of ∼12 kcal mol−1. This phenomenon is due to planar chiral conformations (Sp and Rp configurations), induced by the geometry of the alkyl (n-propyl) side-chains next to the acetylenic substituents. Ion pairing studies with Δ-TRISPHAT anion not only confirm the occurrence of the chiral conformations but evidence a moderate but definite asymmetric induction from the chiral anion onto the cations. Finally, DFT calculations offer a valuable insight on the geometries, the corresponding stereodynamics and also on the very large difference in NMR for some of the diastereotopic protons.

Keywords
  • NIR dyes and fluorophores
  • VT NMR
  • Cationic helicenes
  • Planar chirality
  • Stereodynamics
  • Triangulenium cations
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ONDRISEK, Pavol et al. Acetylene Derivatives of Cationic Diazaoxatriangulenes and Diaza [4]Helicenes ‐ Access to Red Emitters and Planar Chiral Stereochemical Traits. In: Chemistry, 2022, vol. 28, n° 15, p. e202104405. doi: 10.1002/chem.202104405
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