Issue 10, 2015

Luminescent organogels based on triphenylamine functionalized β-diketones and their difluoroboron complexes

Abstract

A series of new triphenylamine functionalized β-diketones 1–3 and their difluoroboron complexes 1B–3B were synthesized. They exhibited strong intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) emission. It was found that their self-assembling properties depended on the molecular structures. For example, compounds 1 and 1B, in which only one β-diketone or difluoroboron β-diketone unit was linked to triphenylamine, showed better gelation abilities directed by π–π interaction. Although bis-β-diketone substituted triphenylamine 2 could not form organogels, its difluoroboron complex 2B could gel DMSO due to the strong dipole–dipole interactions. Compound 3 could form gels in polar solvents, while 3B formed gels in nonpolar solvents. Notably, the asymmetric gelators 1, 1B and 2B exhibited AIEE behaviors during the gelation. Although the emission of the symmetric compounds 3 and 3B decreased to a certain degree upon gelation, the obtained gels still gave strong emission. The gels formed from 1 and 3 emitted strong green light and those based on 1B–3B emitted strong orange or red light. These highly luminescent materials might have potential applications in emitting devices and fluorescent sensors.

Graphical abstract: Luminescent organogels based on triphenylamine functionalized β-diketones and their difluoroboron complexes

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
16 Dec 2014
Accepted
08 Jan 2015
First published
08 Jan 2015

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2015,13, 2986-2998

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Luminescent organogels based on triphenylamine functionalized β-diketones and their difluoroboron complexes

C. Qian, M. Liu, G. Hong, P. Xue, P. Gong and R. Lu, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2015, 13, 2986 DOI: 10.1039/C4OB02612H

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