Issue 27, 2023

Synthesis, post-functionalization, and photoluminescence of contorted diazaphosphepine-based polycyclic aromatic heterocycles

Abstract

Heteroatom-doped organic π-conjugated molecules (OCMs) have become one type of emerging optoelectronic material with intriguing functionalities. Phosphorus (P)-doped OCMs are a special member of heteroatom-doped OCMs where rich P-chemistry is able to fine-tune their optoelectronic properties. Herein, we report a new series of nonplanar diazaphosphepine-based polycyclic aromatic heterocycles (DPP-PAHs). Efficient and mild double P–N cyclization allowed one to readily incorporate two P-centers in DPP-PAHs. With nonplanar diazaphosphepine rings, DPP-PAHs exhibit contorted structures in single crystal structures. The functionalization of double P-centers by H2O2 and S8 gave DPP-PAHs with P[double bond, length as m-dash]O and P[double bond, length as m-dash]S centers, respectively. Compared with the parent small molecule, the DPP-PAHs exhibit high photoluminescence quantum yields. Our experimental and theoretical studies further revealed that both P-environments and conjugated backbones have impacts on the photophysical properties of the DPP-PAHs.

Graphical abstract: Synthesis, post-functionalization, and photoluminescence of contorted diazaphosphepine-based polycyclic aromatic heterocycles

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
29 Mar 2023
Accepted
31 May 2023
First published
02 Jun 2023

Dalton Trans., 2023,52, 9294-9300

Synthesis, post-functionalization, and photoluminescence of contorted diazaphosphepine-based polycyclic aromatic heterocycles

C. Li, K. Yang, X. Li, S. Wen, N. Yu and Y. Ren, Dalton Trans., 2023, 52, 9294 DOI: 10.1039/D3DT00958K

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