Electron-donating Aryl Groups Research Articles

Fluorescence of 5-Arylvinyl-5′-Methyl-2,2′-Bipyridyl Ligands and Their Zinc Complexes

The photophysical properties of 5-arylvinyl-5'-methyl-2,2'-bipyridyls (AVMBs, 1-9, 11) and their zinc complexes were studied. Similar 2,2'-bipyridyl-based ligands have been applied as optical sensors for metal ions and sensitizers for solar energy conversion. The goal of this investigation is to reveal the factors that determine the emission band shift and fluorescence quantum yield change of the title ligand system upon zinc binding. The outcome of this study will not only advance the fundamental understanding of the coordination-driven photophysical processes embodied in the AVMB platform but facilitate the rational design of fluorescent probes for metal ions, particularly zinc. The AVMB ligands were synthesized using the Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons reaction. AVMBs containing electron-donating aryl groups show absorption and emission in the visible region, which can be assigned to charge-transfer transitions as supported by solvent-dependency and computational studies. The binding between AVMB ligands and zinc ion in acetonitrile was studied using isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC). A multicomponent equilibrium model is suggested that explains the multiple transitions evidenced in fluorescence titration isotherms. Coordination to zinc ion stabilizes the charge-transfer excited state of an AVMB ligand with an electron-donating aryl substituent, consequently results in bathochromic shifts in both absorption and emission. However, unlike the emission band shift, the fluorescence quantum yield change upon zinc complex formation does not have an intuitive correlation with the electronic nature of the aryl group. Lifetime measurements using the Time-Correlated Single Photon Counting method enabled the determination of nonradiative and radiative decay rate constants. Both rates of an AVMB ligand decrease upon zinc binding. The collective effect gives rise to the change in fluorescence quantum yield with the apparent lack of correlation with the electronic property of the aryl group.

The reaction mechanism for the high quantum yield of Cypridina (Vargula) bioluminescence supported by the chemiluminescence of 6-aryl-2-methylimidazo[1,2-a]pyrazin-3(7H)-ones (Cypridina luciferin analogues)

To establish the reaction mechanism of the high-quantum-yield bioluminescence in Cypridina (Vargula), we investigated the chemiluminescence of 6-aryl-2-methylimidazo[1,2-a]pyrazin-3(7H)-ones (1H) as Cypridina luciferin analogues in DMSO-1,1,3,3-tetramethylguanidine and in diglyme-acetate buffer. We found that the chemiluminescence of 1H with an electron-donating aryl group, such as a 4-(dimethylamino)phenyl, 3-indolyl or 3-(1-methyl)indolyl group, gave a high quantum yield (Phi(CL)) in diglyme-acetate buffer. This indicates that the reaction mechanism producing this high Phi(CL) involves the chemiexcitation of a neutral dioxetanone intermediate possessing an electron-donating aryl group to the singlet excited state of neutral acetamidopyrazine (the light emitter). In addition, we investigated the fluorescence of acetamidopyrazines and performed DFT calculations for neutral dioxetanones and the transition states (TS) of the dioxetanone's decomposition. The results made it clear that the electron-donating aryl group gives the TS and the singlet-excited acetamidopyrazine (S(1)) a strong intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) character, and their similar ICT character leads to the ICT TS --> S(1) route in the charge transfer-induced luminescence (CTIL) mechanism for efficient chemiexcitation. The reaction mechanism of the chemiluminescence of 1H can explain the highly efficient chemiexcitation of Cypridina bioluminescence.

Mechanism of Cycloisomerisation of 1,6‐Heptadienes Catalysed by [(tBuCN)2PdCl2]: Remarkable Influence of Exogenous and Endogenous 1,6‐ and 1,5‐Diene Ligands

The mechanism of the highly regioselective cycloisomerisation of dimethyl hept-1,6-dienyl-4,4-dicarboxylate (1) by a neutral pre-catalyst, [(tBuCN)(2)PdCl(2)] (8), to generate dimethyl 3,4-dimethylcyclopent-2-ene-1,1-dicarboxylate (3) has been investigated by isotopic labelling (reactions involving single and mixed samples of 1,1,2,6,7,7-[(2)H(6)]-1; 3,3,5,5-[(2)H(4)]-1; 1,7-(Z,Z)-[(2)H(2)]-1; [1,3-(13)C(1),5,7-(13)C(1)]-1 and [1,3-(13)C(1),6-(2)H(1)]-1) and by study of the reactions of dimethyl 1-aryl-hept-1,6-dienyl-4,4-dicarboxylates (9 a-e, where aryl is p-C(6)H(4)-X; X=H, OMe, Me, Cl, CF(3)) and dimethyl hept-1,5-dienyl-4,4-dicarboxylate (14), a 1,5-diene isomer of 1. The mechanism proposed involves the generation of a monochloro-bearing palladium hydride which undergoes a simple hydropalladation, carbopalladation, Pd/H dyotropy, beta-H elimination sequence to generate 3. A key point that emerges is that chelation of the 1,6-diene 1 at various stages in the mechanism plays an important role in determining the regioselectivity of the reaction. The selective generation of 3 with pre-catalysts of the form L(2)PdCl(2), as compared to the generation of dimethyl 3-methylene-4-methyl-cyclopentane-1,1-dicarboxylate (2) with pre-catalysts of the form [(MeCN)(2)Pd(allyl)]OTf (5) is ascribed to the absence of chloride ion in the latter, which makes an additional coordination site available throughout turnover. Liberation of the product 3 when [(tBuCN)(2)PdCl(2)] (8) is employed as pre-catalyst, is proposed to proceed via a mono- to bidentate switch in the pi-coordination of diene 1 (eta(2) to bis-eta(2)) displacing pi-coordinated 3 from Pd. When 1-aryl-1,6-dienes 9 are employed as substrates, the electron-donor property of the aryl group is found to influence the regioselectivity of cyclisation. Electron-withdrawing groups favour dimethyl 3-arylmethyl-4-methylcyclopent-2-ene-1,1-dicarboxylates (10), whilst electron-donating aryl groups favour 3-arylidene-4-methyl-cyclopentane-1,1-dicarboxylates (11). The regioselectivity (10/11) correlates with the Hammett sigma(+) values (rho(+)=1.3, r (2)=0.975) indicative of a strong pi-resonance contribution from the aryl ring rather than a simple sigma-inductive effect. Intermolecular modulation of regioselectivity is observed and the net effect proposed to arise through the (pi-->d) donation ability of the vinyl arene in the diene displacing product (10/11) via a mono- to bidentate switch in coordination. The isomerisation process increasingly sequesters Pd as turnover proceeds leading to a powerful inhibition mechanism and ultimately a limitation in turnover number to about 80.

Chemiluminescence of 6-aryl-2-methylimidazo[1,2- a]pyrazin-3(7 H)-ones in DMSO/TMG and in diglyme/acetate buffer: support for the chemiexcitation process to generate the singlet-excited state of neutral oxyluciferin in a high quantum yield in the Cypridina ( Vargula) bioluminescence mechanism

The chemiluminescence of 6-aryl-2-methylimidazo[1,2- a]pyrazin-3(7 H)-ones (Cypridina luciferin analogues) in DMSO/1,1,3,3-tetramethylguanidine and in diglyme/acetate buffer was investigated. The results indicate that the reaction mechanism that produces a high chemiluminescence quantum yield involves a chemiexcitation process from a neutral dioxetanone intermediate possessing an electron-donating aryl group ( σ Ar <−0.6) to the singlet-excited state of neutral acetamidopyrazine. This result may be applied to the reaction mechanism for Cypridina ( Vargula) bioluminescence.

Red−Green−Blue Emission from Tris(5-aryl-8-quinolinolate)Al(III) Complexes

A simple yet effective strategy for synthesis of 5-aryl-8-quinolinolate-based electroluminophores with tunable emission wavelengths is presented. Two different pathways for the attachment of electron-donating or electron-withdrawing aryl groups to the 5-position of the quinolinolate ligand via Suzuki coupling were developed. A successful tuning in the emission color was achieved: the emission wavelength was found to correlate with the Hammett constant of the respective substituents, providing a powerful strategy for prediction of the optical properties of new electroluminophores.

Deoxygenation of tertiary and secondary alcohols ROH by thiol-catalysed radical-chain redox decomposition of derivatives ROCH2X to give RH and XCHO

Compounds of the type ROCH2X, in which the substituent X is an electron-donating alkoxy, aryl or amido group, undergo thiol-catalysed radical-chain decomposition to give RH and XCHO. This reaction has been applied for the deoxygenation of representative tertiary and secondary alcohols ROH under metal-free conditions that require no stoichiometric co-reactant. Of the derivatives investigated, methoxymethyl (MOM) ethers and 1-alkoxymethylpyrrolidin-2-ones (PYRM ethers) proved to be the most generally successful and typical conditions for the redox decomposition to give RH involve heating under reflux in octane solvent in the presence of a peroxide initiator and tri-tert-butoxysilanethiol [(ButO)3SiSH] as a protic polarity-reversal catalyst. Conversions to RH were negligible in the absence of thiol. Several different types of tertiary alcohol, including steroidal and carbohydrate examples, were deoxygenated as their MOM and PYRM ethers to give very good isolated yields of RH. Although the MOM and PYRM ethers derived from many types of secondary alcohol also afforded good yields of RH, the MOM ether of diacetone D-glucose gave the 3-deoxy sugar in poor yield and the yield from the corresponding PYRM ether was still only moderate.

Unusual Fluorescent Properties of Novel Fluorophores, 6-Aryl-3,4-diphenyl-α-pyrone Derivatives

Abstract Novel fluorophores, 6-aryl-3,4-diphenyl-α-pyrones, were synthesized and their spectroscopic properties investigated in the form of evaporated films on plain glass slides, as well as in the solid and solution states. An electron-donating aryl group on the 6-position of the pyrones causes a red-shift in the absorption and fluorescent maxima. In the solid states, they show intense blue-to-orange fluorescence, but not in solution. This unusual fluorescent property is caused by fixing the 6-aryl group of the pyrones, and is the result of molecular packing. These interactions induce a pathway for radiative decay, which is associated with intense fluorescence emission only in the solid state.

Synthesis of 1‐Aryl‐1,2,3,4‐tetrahydro‐9H‐pyrido[3,4‐b]indoles (1,2,3,4‐Tetrahydro‐β‐carbolines) under High Pressures.

The reactions of aromatic aldehydes with tryptamine (1) in solvents of different polarity were studied. The yields of carbolines in the chosen media decrease with an increase in the donating properties of the aryl substituent, but they markedly increase at a high pressure (5 kbar), especially for compounds with electron-donating aryl groups. The phase transition of dioxane at 5 kbar also sharply increases the yields of the target products.

The Effect of a Para Substituent on the Conformational Preference of 2,2-Diphenyl-1,3-dioxanes: Evidence for the Anomeric Effect from X-ray Crystal Structure Analysis(1).

The molecular structures of 2,2-di(para-substituted phenyl)-1,3-dioxanes were elucidated for the first time by X-ray crystallographic analysis, which revealed two important structural features: (1) These compounds have the chair conformation in which electron-withdrawing aryl groups [viz. p-nitro- or p-(trifluormethyl)phenyl] are always axial and electron-donating aryl groups (viz. p-methoxyphenyl) are always equatorial. (2) In these compounds as well as in symmetrically substituted 2,2-diphenyl-1,3-dioxane the axial C(2)-aryl bond is longer than the equatorial C(2)-aryl bond. The axial preference of the electron-withdrawing aryl group was also demonstrated in solution by (1)H and (13)C NMR spectroscopy. The anomeric carbon substituted with an electron-withdrawing aryl group resonates at an unusually high field, as does the aromatic carbon bearing the electron-withdrawing substituent. The observed (13)C NMR data clearly indicate enhanced electron density at these carbons due to the anomeric effect. Semiempirical molecular orbital calculations by the MOPAK PM3 method reproduced the bond lengthening for axial C(2)-aryl, while the heat of formation derived from this calculation failed to support the axial preference of electron-withdrawing aryl groups. The X-ray crystallographic data on the conformational preference and bond lengths at the anomeric carbon, as well as the solution NMR spectroscopic data, clearly indicate the anomeric effect that is best rationalized in terms of stabilizing interaction between the lone-pair electrons on the ring oxygens and the antibonding orbital of the axial C(2)-aryl bond.

Substituent effects on suspected phenonium ion reactions

The stereochemistry of the various conversions in the 1,2-diphenyl-1-propyl system was measured as a function of aromatic substituent. For β-anisyl groups the reaction occurred with retention of configuration. For compounds with indifferent electron donating aryl groups, the conversions were stereoselective forming mostly threo product. For β-p-nitrophenyl groups the stereochemical course of the reaction was “racemization.” The latter reactions were associated with the presence of open ions. In certain reactions, acetate products were formed in low yield with retention of configuration, irrespective of substituent. The kinetics of ethanolysis were consistent with (partial) bridged ion formation for the threo isomers and with extensive open ion formation for the erythro species.