Luminescence and crystal-field fitting of two optical isomeric complexes of europium

FT-IR and Raman vibrational spectra and electronic emission spectra have been recorded for enantiomers of europium complexes with DBM: dibenzoylmethanate 1,2, and TTFA: 2-thenoyltrifluoroacetonate 3,4, employing the chiral ligands L_SS(+)- and L_RR(-)-4,5-pinene bipyridine. Contrary to the previously published X-ray data, where geometrical differences were stated to occur for particular enantiomers, the vibrational (and the emission) spectra of the individual optical isomers of a complex are not distinguishable. Using excitation into the Eu³⁺⁵D₂ multiplet term, the emission intensity is weak from ⁵D₁, whereas a complex structure is observed for the ⁵D₀→⁷F_J transitions. Features in the vibronic sidebands exhibit similar derived vibrational energies to those observed in the Raman spectra. Fittings of 25 4f⁶ crystal-field energy levels of 2 and 4 have been attempted with some approximations concerning the local Eu³⁺ environments. The ⁵D₀ emission lifetimes are monoexponential and are 0.5 (1,2) and 0.9 ms (3,4) at room temperature.     

Synthesis, X-ray structure, EPR and optical properties of a ferrocene substituted polychlorotriphenylmethyl radical

The optical, magnetic and electrochemical properties of the octamethylferrocene aldehyde substituted polychlorotriphenylmethyl radical 1 are reported. Radical 1 is prepared in a three step synthetic route starting with a Wittig-Horner reaction to yield (E)-1-formyl-1′-{2-{4-[bis(2,3,4,5,6-pentachlorophenyl)methyl]-2,3,5,6-tetrachloro phenyl}ethen-1-yl}-2,2′,3,3′,4,4′,5,5′-octamethyl ferrocene (6), which is subsequently deprotonated to yield the corresponding anion 7 and finally oxidized to (E)-4-[2-(1′-formyl-2,2′,3,3′,4,4′,5,5′-octamethylferrocen)ethen-1-yl]-2,3,5,6-tetrachlorophenyl-bis(2,3,4,5,6-pentachlorophenyl)methyl radical (1). Radical 1 exhibits a charge-transfer band transition in the near infrared region which is associated with an intramolecular electron transfer from the ferrocene unit (donor) to the radical unit (acceptor) of this dyad molecule. The X-ray crystal structure of [K⁺(18-crown-6)] (E)-[4-[2-(1′-formyl-2,2′,3,3′,4,4′,5,5′-octamethylferrocen)ethen-1-yl]-2,3,5,6-tetrachlorophenyl-bis(2,3,4,5,6-pentachlorophenyl) methide] (7) has been determined. This organic salt shows an interesting one-dimensional polymeric structure formed by the coordination of the K⁺ cation with several atoms of the organic carbanion.     

The nonlinear refraction and nonlinear absorption in 4-(4,6-diaminopyrimidin-2-ylthio) substituted double-decker Lu(III) phthalocyanine

A 4-(4,6-diaminopyrimidin-2-ylthio) substituted double-decker Lu(III) phthalocyanines (4) have been prepared and characterized by elemental analysis, IR, UV-vis and ¹H NMR spectroscopies. The nonlinear refractive index, nonlinear absorption and the optical limiting (OL) performance of the compound 4 in a 0.5 mm spectroscopic cell in DMF solution were investigated by using 4 ns pulse laser at 532 nm. Z-scan experiments have been conducted between 0.24 and 2.39 GW/cm² peak intensities for 10 Hz repetition rate and also between 2.39 and 23.89 GW/cm² peak intensities for 1 Hz repetition rate. The thermal effect contributes to the nonlinear response of the material higher than 0.72 GW/cm² peak intensity at 10 Hz. We measured the effective nonlinear refractive index of the material as 1.2×10⁻¹¹ esu at 3.5×10⁻⁴ M concentration with the peak intensity less than 0.72 GW/cm² and we found that nonlinear absorption was very small. On the other hand, when concentration is increased to 2.4×10⁻³ M material's nonlinear absorption becomes dominant mechanism for the nonlinear response and the compound 4 indicates OL behavior at 2.4×10⁻³ M concentration.     

Synthesis, characterization and optical limiting effect of nickel complexes of multi-sulfur 1,2-dithiolene

Three nickel complexes with a new multi-sulfur 1,2-dithiolene ligand, (n-Bu₄N)[Ni(cddt)₂] 1, (Ph₄P)[Ni(cddt)₂] 2 and [Ni(cddt)₂] 3 (cddt=4a, 6, 7, 7a-5H-cyclopenta[b]-1,4-dithiin-2,3-dithiolate), have been synthesized and characterized by electrochemical measurements, IR, EPR and UV-Vis-NIR spectroscopies. The crystal structure of complex 2 is determined. Their optical nonlinearities are measured by the Z-scan technique with an 8 ns pulsed laser at 532 nm and all exhibit NLO absorptive abilities. Complexes 1 and 2 both exhibit effective self-defocusing performance (n₂=−5.81×10⁻¹⁰ esu for 1 and −4.51×10⁻¹⁰ esu for 2). The optical limiting (OL) effects were observed with nanosecond and picosecond laser pulses. The OL capability of complex 3 is superior to C₆₀ at the same experimental condition in ns measurements.     

Nonlinear optical absorption and fluorescence of phosphine-substituted bithiophenes in the violet-blue spectral region

The nonlinear optical absorptions of two 5,5′-bis(diphenylphosphino)-2,2′-bithiophene derivatives, Ph₂(X)P(C₄H₂S)₂P(X)Ph₂ (X = O, 1; S, 2), have been investigated by direct transmission measurement with both picosecond and nanosecond laser pulses from 420 nm to 480 nm. Saturated dichloromethane solutions of 1 and 2 exhibit strong nonlinear optical absorptions in this violet-blue spectral region with that of 2 being stronger at all wavelengths. In the picosecond regime, at 420 nm, the transmittance rapidly falls to 50% when the incident fluence is 0.22 J/cm² for 1 and 0.11 J/cm² for 2. Two-photon absorption appears to be the primary mechanism for this nonlinear absorption. The two-photon absorption coefficients β for 1 (2.1 cm/GW) and 2 (4.4 cm/GM) were obtained by fitting the measurement of transmittance as the function of incident beam intensity at 420 nm. These β values are comparable with some of the best results obtained for organic materials in the green, red and infrared spectral region. Both compounds also show fluorescence with an emission peak at 390 nm for 1 and 400 nm for 2. The fluorescence of 1 is considerably stronger than is that of 2. The combination of the wide band gap and strong fluorescence emission of 1 makes it a promising candidate as a host material for blue organic light emitting diodes.     

Supramolecular selectivity of [60]-fullerene among equivalently photoactive porphyrins

The photophysical investigation of different para-substituted tetraphenylporphyrins (TP), viz., meso-tetra(4′-hydroxyphenyl)-21H-23H-porphyrin(1),meso-tetrakis(4′-hex-5-enyloxyphenyl)-21H-23H-porphyrin(2), meso-tetrakis(4′-oct-7-enyloxyphenyl)-21H-23H-porphyrin(3) and meso-tetrakis(4′-undecyloxyphenyl)-21H-23H-porphyrin (4) revealed that except for quantum yield (φ) the para-substitution has little effect on any other photophysical properties like lifetime, excitation, emission wavelength, etc. The host-guest type interactions of these tetraarylporphyrins (TP 1-4), with [60]-fullerene (F) have been studied with ¹H NMR and fluorescence spectrometric techniques in carbon tetrachloride medium. Fluorescence studies revealed that the Q band of the TPs was sufficiently quenched upon addition of F. All the fullerene/porphyrin systems were found to produce stable complexes with 1:1 stoichiometry. Binding constants (K) of all the fullerene/porphyrin complexes have been determined by fluorescence quenching method. The association constant values for 1/F have been determined from plots of the Stern-Volmer equation (103.713×10⁴) and the Benesi-Hildebrand equation (110.440×10⁴). It has been observed that the insertion of long chain oxo-alkenyl/alkyl group in the para position of TPs in 2, 3 and 4 diminished the K values for F by two, four and even ten times with respect to that of 1. The observed trend in variation of the binding constants was supported by a gradual variation in the shift of ¹H NMR signal when measurements were carried out in CDCl₃.     

Thin films of asymmetrically substituted “ABAB-Type” indium phthalocyanine chloride: Preparation, structural characterization and optical properties

A synthetic route to the asymmetric octasubstituted metal-free phthalocyanines H₂Pcs (3-8) has been developed. They contain a combination of 2(3),16(17)-Tetra(2-ethyl-1-hexyl) and 9(10),23(24)-tetra(n-hexyl) as substituent groups in the peripheral positions. Thin films of the target asymmetric substituted “ABAB-Type” indium phthalocyanine chloride complex InPcCl 9, have been also fabricated for the first time, with different thickness (105-350 nm) using thermal evaporation technique. The structural and optical properties of the films have been investigated. The material in powder form showed a polycrystalline nature with triclinic structure. Miller indices, hkl, values for each diffraction line in X-ray diffraction (XRD) spectrum were calculated. The as-deposited films exhibited also a crystalline nature with a preferred orientation of growth. The scanning electron microscope showed the nano-structure property of the deposited films. The optical properties of the films are studied by the spectrophotometric measurements of the transmittance, T and the reflectance, R determined at the normal incident of the light in the spectral range 200-2500 nm. The refractive and absorption indices of the films are calculated and are found to be independent of film thickness of 105-350 nm. Different dispersion and absorption parameters are determined for the films.     

Luminescent Fluorene-Based Bis-Pyrazolyl Aniline Ligand for Aluminum Detection

The design, synthesis, and photophysical properties of a new fluorene-based fluorescent chemosensor, 4-((E)-2-(2-(benzo[d]thiazol-2-yl)-9,9-diethyl-9H-fluoren-7-yl)vinyl)-N,N-bis((3,5-dimethyl-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)methyl)benzenamine (AXF-Al), is described for the detection of Al³⁺. AXF-Al exhibited absorption at 382 nm and strong fluorescence emission at 542 nm (fluorescence quantum yield, Φ _F, of 0.80). The capture of Al³⁺ by the pyrazolyl aniline receptor resulted in nominal change in the linear absorption (372 nm) but a large hypsochromic shift of 161 nm in the fluorescence spectrum (542 to 433 nm, Φ _F?=?0.88), from which Al³⁺ was detected both ratiometrically and colorimetrically. The addition of other metal ions, namely Mg²⁺, Ca²⁺, Mn²⁺, Fe²⁺, Co²⁺, Ni²⁺, Cu²⁺, Zn²⁺, Cd²⁺, Hg ²⁺ and Pb²⁺, produced only minimal changes in the optical properties of this probe. The emission band of this probe was also accessed by two-photon excitation in the near-IR, as two-photon absorption (2PA) is important for potential applications in two-photon fluorescence microscopy (2PFM) imaging. The 2PA cross section of the free fluorenyl ligand AXF-Al was 220 GM at 810 nm and 235 GM at 810 nm for the Al-ligand complex, practically useful properties for 2PFM.     

Organic radical molecular solids based on [(TCNQ)n] (n=1 or 2): Syntheses, crystal structures, magnetic properties and DFT analyses

Four molecular solids consisting of the 7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane (TCNQ) radical and benzylpyridinium or benzylquinolinium derivatives with molar ratios of 1:1 (1-3) and 2:1 (4) have been prepared and characterized. In the crystals of 1 and 3, TCNQ⁻ monoanions and the corresponding cations form segregated stacks, which are regular in 1 but irregular in 3. Instead of segregated stacks, TCNQ⁻ monoanions in 2 form isolated π-dimers. In the crystals of 4, two crystallographic independent TCNQ species possess almost equal fractional negative charge (ca. −0.5). Two types of TCNQ species form a tetrad, these tetrads make a TCNQ stack with the pattern …BAAB…BAAB… along the crystallographic a-b direction. The magnetisms for 1-4 can be simply explained by the formation of singlet spin state. A broken symmetry approach in a density functional theory framework at the ub3lyp/6-31 g level was used to calculate the magnetic exchange constants in 1-4. The results qualitatively demonstrate the observed magnetic properties.     

Photophysical properties of a series of high luminescent europium complexes with fluorinated ligands

A series of high luminescent europium complexes have been synthesized, such as Eu(TFNB)₃phen (1), Eu(PFNP)₃phen (2), Eu(HFNH)₃phen (3) and Eu(PFND)₃phen (4), which have β-diketone ligands containing fluorinated alkyl chains with different lengths and conjugated naphthyl groups, i.e., 4,4,4-trifluoro-1-(2-naphthyl)butane-1,3-dione (TFNB); 4,4,5,5,5-pentafluoro-1-(2-naphthyl)pentane-1,3-dione (PFNP); 4,4,5,5,6,6,6-heptafluoro-1-(2-naphthyl)hexane-1,3-dione (HFNH) and 4,4,5,5,6,6,7,7,8,8,9,9,10,10,10-pentadecafluoro-1-(2-naphthyl)decane-1,3-dione (PFND). And 10-phenanthroline (phen) is coordinated as the neutral second ligand in 1-4. The crystal structures of 1 and 2 have been studied, which are typical and similar to that of 3. The results of TGA-DTA suggest that these Eu complexes have good thermal stabilities. By means of absorption and (time resolved) emission spectroscopy including determination of luminescence quantum yields, energy transfer dynamics and so on, the following results have been obtained: first, these Eu complexes show characteristic pure red color photoluminescence emission with high quantum efficiencies from the central Eu³⁺ ions through the excitation of the ligands; secondly, photophysical properties of 1, 2, 3 and 4, especially the lifetimes of excited states ⁵D₀ of Eu³⁺ ions and quantum efficiencies are influenced by the different lengths of fluorinated alkyl chains, though the singlets (S₁) and triplets (T₁) of the fluorinated ligands are almost the same.     

Eu(III) and Tb(III) luminescent lanthanide systems derived from DTPA-bisamide and DTTA-based ligands incorporating bipyridine antenna

Four new polycarboxylate ligands H₃Lⁿ have been synthesized by the attachment of two or one 2,2′-bipyridine subunits onto a diethylenetriamine pentacarboxylic acid (DTPA-bisamide derivatives: H₃L¹, H₃L²) or a diethylenetriamine tricarboxylic acid (DTTA derivatives: H₃L³, H₃L⁴) core. The neutral Eu^III and Tb^III complexes of these chelates have been prepared and studied from their UV-vis and luminescence data. The main photophysical characteristics of these complexes, i.e. the absorption and luminescence spectra, the metal-centred lifetimes and the overall luminescence yields (Φ) were measured in buffered aqueous solutions. In addition the role played by non-radiative paths (vibrational energy transfer involving coordinated water molecules, involvement of ligand-to-metal charge-transfer excited states, or metal→ligand back-transfer) was investigated. In all complexes, we found that the bidentate bipyridine chromophore is not coordinated to the lanthanide ion, allowing one (LnL¹, LnL²) or two (LnL³, LnL⁴) water molecules to penetrate the first coordination sphere of the metal. Although the bipyridine chromophore behaves as remote (from the binding site) light-harvesting unit for the lanthanide ion in these systems, a sizeable sensitization of the Eu- and Tb-centred luminescence can be effective (LnL², LnL³, Φ=16-19% in aerated D₂O solutions). Our photophysical investigations show that overall non-radiative deactivation is not dependant of thermally activated non-radiative channels but the efficiency of the ligand→Ln intramolecular energy transfer has to be taken into account to explain the obtained results.     

Synthesis and optical properties of novel pyrido[1,2-a]benzimidazole-containing 1,3,4-oxadiazole derivatives

A series of novel substituted 1,3,4-oxadiazole derivatives containing pyrido[1,2-a]benzimidazole moiety were synthesized and characterized using FTIR, ¹H NMR, ¹³C NMR, and HRMS. An efficient tandem reaction was employed as a key step in constructing the pyrido[1,2-a]benzimidazole moiety under very mild condition. The structure of compound 4a was established by X-ray crystallography. The UV-vis absorption and fluorescence spectral characteristics of these compounds were investigated in several solvents. Compounds 4a-i display similar absorptions, with absorption peaks ranging from 330 to 339 nm in acetonitrile, while the absorption maxima of compound 4j bearing a diphenylamino group on the benzene ring is red-shifted distinctly to 377 nm due to the strong electron-donating property of its substituent and extended π-conjugated system. All these target heterocyclic compounds present blue-green emissions (461-487 nm) in dilute solutions and show high quantum yields of fluorescence (Ф_PL=0.65−0.99) in dichloromethane.     

2,5-di(thiophen-2-yl)thiazolo[5,4-d]thiazole-based donor-acceptor type copolymers for photovoltaic cells

Alternating donor-acceptor type copolymers, poly[{5,11-di(9′-heptadecanyl)indolo[3,2-b]carbazole}-alt-{2,5-di(thiophen-2-yl)thiazolo[5,4-d]thiazole-5,5′-diyl}] (PIC-TZ) and poly[{6,6′,12,12′-tetraoctylindeno[1,2-b]fluorene}-alt-{2,5-di(thiophen-2-yl)thiazolo[5,4-d]thiazole-5,5′-diyl}] (PIF-TZ), were synthesized and examined for applications in polymeric photovoltaic cells. The polymers have a fused coplanar main backbone with good planarity for intermolecular packing and high charge mobility. The indolocarbazole and indenofluorene units contain two or four binding sites for alkyl substituents that have pronounced solution processiblity compared to the carbazole and fluorene moieties. The number-average molecular weights (M_n) of the synthesized polymers were determined to be 11,000 g/mol (PDI = 2.27) for PIC-TZ, and 17,000 g/mol (PDI = 1.77) for PIF-TZ. The optical band gap of PIC-TZ and PIF-TZ in film was determined to be 2.14 eV and 2.21 eV, respectively, and an electrochemical study confirmed the desirable HOMO/LUMO levels of the copolymers, which enabled efficient electron transfer and a high open circuit voltage (V_OC) when blending them with fullerene derivatives. The space charge limited current mobility measurements showed a hole mobility of 10⁻³ cm² V⁻¹ s⁻¹ for the copolymers. When the polymers were blended with [6,6]phenyl-C₆₁-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM), PIC-TZ showed the best performance with V_OC, short-circuit current and power conversion efficiency of 0.86 V, 4.16 mA/cm² and 1.64%, respectively, under AM 1.5G illumination conditions (100 mW cm⁻²).     

A new dioxime ligand and its trinuclear copper(II) complex: Synthesis, characterization and optical properties

The synthesis and characterization of a new dioxime ligand, (H₂L), (III) and its trinuclear copper(II) complex, [Cu₃L₂(H₂O)₂](ClO₄)₂, (V) is described. IR spectra show that the ligand acts in a tetradentate manner and coordinates N₄ donor groups of H₂L to copper(II) ion. The structure of the metal chelate is clarified with the help of elemental analysis, magnetic moment, conductometric and spectroscopic measurements. The optical absorption studies reveal that the transition is direct with band gap energy values are calculated. The optical constants such as refractive index and dielectric constant of the compound were determined. The refractive index dispersion curves of the films obey the single-oscillator model and oscillator parameters. Optical dispersion parameters E₀ and E_d developed by Wemple-DiDomenico were calculated.     

χ measurement and optical limiting studies of urea picrate

The molecular charge complex urea picrate (UP) was synthesized and its third order nonlinear optical properties have been investigated using a single beam Z-scan technique with nanosecond laser pulses at 532 nm. Open aperture data of the compound indicates two photon absorption at this wavelength. The nonlinear refractive index n₂, nonlinear absorption coefficient β, magnitude of effective third order susceptibility χ⁽³⁾, the second order hyperpolarizability γ_h and the coupling factor ρ have been estimated. The experimentally determined values of β, n₂, Re χ⁽³⁾ and Im χ⁽³⁾, γ_h and ρ of the compound UP are 2.146 cm/GW, −1.258×10⁻¹¹ esu, −1.347×10⁻¹³ esu, 0.377×10⁻¹³ esu, 0.69×10⁻³² esu and 0.28, respectively. The compound exhibits good optical limiting at 532 nm with the limiting threshold of 80 μJ/pulse. Our studies suggest that compound UP is a potential candidate for optical device applications such as optical limiters.     

Synthesis of 2,3-dimorpholino-6-aminoquinoxaline derivatives and application to a new intramolecular fluorescent probe

Two fluorescent monomers having a quinoxaline skeleton, N-(2,3-dimorpholinoquinoxalin-6-yl)acrylamide (QxA) and N-(1-(2,3-dimorpholinoquinoxalin-6-ylamino)prop-2-yl)methacrylamide (QxAlaMA), were synthesized. Thermo-responsive copolymers of N-isopropylacrylamide (NIPAM) and a small amount of a fluorescent monomer were synthesized and their fluorescence properties investigated. The fluorescent monomers showed intense solvatochromism in their fluorescence. The wavelength at the maximum fluorescence intensity of the QxAlaMA-labeled PNIPAM dramatically blue-shifted and the fluorescence intensity of the QxA-labeled PNIPAM significantly increased around the transition temperature. It was found that these fluorescent dyes can sense and report the thermo-responsive behavior of the PNIPAM in water. Both QxAlaMA and QxA were demonstrated to be applicable to new intramolecular fluorescent probes.     

Photoinduced electron transfer within a novel synthesized short-chain dyad

The investigations were made by using electrochemical, steady state and time resolved spectroscopic (time correlated single photon counting and laser flash photolysis) techniques on a novel synthesized dyad, 1-(4-chloro-phenyl)-3-(4-methoxy-naphthalen-1-yl)-propenone (MNCA) where the donor 1-methoxy-naphthalene (MNT) is connected with the acceptor p-chloroacetophenone (PCA) by an unsaturated olefinic bond. This dyad possesses mainly extended (E-type) conformation both in the ground and excited state. The unchanged conformational geometry of this dyad even after photoexcitation makes it different from the previously studied benzothiophene-p-chloroacetophenone dyads, though both the donors present are isosteric molecules. In the cases of the latter dyads though E-type isomeric structure dominates in the ground state, considerable amount of Z-type (folded) species are produced in the excited state. It is hinted that the proximity effect of methoxy functionality in donor moiety, may be the reason for the formation of mostly E-isomeric species in the case of the present dyad MNCA system. The observed unchanged values of charge recombination and ion-pair lifetime, estimated from the analysis of transient absorption spectra of the dyad in presence of βCD and without it, confirm the proposition about the maintenance of the extended conformation even upon photoexcitation. From the transient absorption measurements it appears that due to increase of delay times between the exciting and probe pulses, higher triplet T_n of the donor being generated gets involved in PET reactions with the surrounding medium ACN. From the present findings, MNCA in aqueous medium seems to be better candidate to build light energy conversion devices than the previously studied benzothiophene dyads where artificial devices like βCD were used to make elongated geometry. This geometry would help to prevent charge recombination processes within the redox components due to minimal overlapping between them.     

两个新合成化合物EPVPC和OPVPC非线性光学特性的理论研究

在杂化密度泛函理论（DFT/B3LYP）的水平上，研究了最新实验室合成的两个化合物分子9-乙烷基-3-{2-[4-2-吡啶-4-乙烯基苯]-乙烯基}-9氢咔唑（EPVPC）和9-十八烷基-3-{2-[4-2-吡啶-4-乙烯基苯]-乙烯基}-9氢咔唑（OPVPC）的非线性光学特性。理论结果与现有的实验测量结果符合得的较好。利用扩展的少态模型方法计算了分子的双光子吸收截面，结果表明三态模型可以很好地描述它们的最大双光子吸收截面。数值模拟显示这两个化合物都具有较大的双光子吸收截面，并且，在低频范围内，OPVPC分子比EPVPC分子显示出较强的双光子吸收特性。     

The synthesis and photophysical properties of novel cationic tetra pyridiloxy substituted aluminium, silicon and titanium phthalocyanines in water

This work reports on the synthesis, characterisation and photophysical properties of new unquaternized β-2,(3)-tetra-(2 pyridiloxy) aluminium(III) (3a), silicon(IV) (3b), titanium(IV) (3c) phthalocyanines and their water-soluble quaternized counterparts, 4a, 4b and 4c, respectively. The water-soluble silicon(IV) (4b) and titanium(IV) (4c) phthalocyanine derivatives were found to be aggregated in aqueous media but were partially or fully disaggregated in the presence of a surfactant Cremophor^® EL (CEL). The photophysical properties of aggregated complexes were investigated both in the presence of CEL and in pH 11 alone. Low triplet and fluorescence yield were obtained in pH 11 but an improvement was achieved upon addition of CEL for the aggregated complexes. The unquaternized silicon(IV) phthalocyanine complex (3b) gave the highest triplet quantum yield of 0.77 in DMF followed by its quaternized derivative (4b) with triplet yield of 0.73 in pH 11 plus CEL. The highest triplet lifetime of 220 μs was obtained for 4b in the presence of CEL. Higher fluorescence yields of 0.23 were obtained for quaternized water-soluble aluminium(III) phthalocyanine derivative (4a) in the presence of CEL.     

Red Emitting Monoazo Disperse Dyes with Phenyl(1H-benzoimidazol-5-yl) Methanone as Inbuilt Photostabilizing Unit: Synthesis,Spectroscopic, Dyeing and DFT Studies

Synthesis of three novel phenyl(1H-benzoimidazol-5-yl)methanone based fluorescent monoazo disperse dyes and their characterization by spectroscopic methods (¹H NMR, ¹³C NMR, IR and MS) are presented. Insertion of phenyl(1H-benzoimidazol-5-yl)methanone moiety bring about induced fluorescence properties and enhanced photostability as compared to the previously reported analogues (CI Solvent Yellow 14, 4-diethylamino-2-hydroxy-1-diazobenzene and 7-(diethylamino)-4-hydroxy-3-(phenyldiazenyl)-2H-chromen-2-one). Synthesized phenyl(1H-benzoimidazol-5-yl)methanone based dyes exhibited red-shifted absorption maxima (497–516 nm), high molar extinction coefficients and are emitting in the far-red region (565–627 nm). Moreover, naphthalene-comprising dyes showed negative solvatochromism while N,N-diethylamine comprising dyes showed positive solvatochromism and are in good agreement with solvent polarity graphs and the computed energy levels of highest occupied and lowest unoccupied molecular orbitals. Synthesised dyes have better photostability (light fastness) and sublimation fastness on dyed polyester and nylon compared to reported analogues. DFT calculated energies, electrophilicity index and Frontier Molecular Orbitals (FMO’s) enabled to evaluate the stabilities of azo and hydrazone forms of the dyes.