Synthesis, Spectroscopy, Crystal Structure, Electrochemistry, and Quantum Chemical and Molecular Dynamics Calculations of a 3-Anilino Difluoroboron Dipyrromethene Dye

详细信息    查看全文

• 作者：Wenwu Qin ; Volker Leen ; Taoufik Rohand ; Wim Dehaen ; Peter Dedecker ; Mark Van der Auweraer ; Koen Robeyns ; Luc Van Meervelt ; David Beljonne ; Bernard Van Averbeke ; John N. Clifford ; Kris Driesen ; Koen Bi
• 刊名：Journal of Physical Chemistry A
• 出版年：2009
• 出版时间：January 15, 2009
• 年：2009
• 卷：113
• 期：2
• 页码：439-447
• 全文大小：356K
• 年卷期：v.113,no.2(January 15, 2009)
• ISSN：1520-5215

文摘

An asymmetrically substituted fluorescent difluoroboron dipyrromethene (BODIPY) dye, with a phenylamino group at the 3-position of the BODIPY chromophore, has been synthesized by nucleophilic substitution of 3,5-dichloro-8-(4-tolyl)-4,4-difluoro-4-bora-3a,4a-diaza-s-indacene. The solvent-dependent spectroscopic and photophysical properties have been investigated by means of UV−vis spectrophotometry and steady-state and time-resolved fluorometry and reflect the large effect of the anilino substituent on the fluorescence characteristics. The compound has a low fluorescence quantum yield in all but the apolar solvents cyclohexane, toluene, and chloroform. Its emission maxima in a series of solvents from cyclohexane to methanol are red-shifted by approximately 50 nm in comparison to classic BODIPY derivatives. Its oxidation potential in dichloromethane is at ca. 1.14 V versus Ag/AgCl. The absorption bandwidths and Stokes shifts are much larger than those of typical, symmetric difluoroboron dipyrromethene dyes. The values of the fluorescence rate constant are in the (1.4−1.7) × 10⁸ s⁻¹ range and do not vary much between the solvents studied. X-ray diffraction analysis shows that the BODIPY core is planar. Molecular dynamics simulations show that there is no clear indication for aggregates in solution.