莱啉酰亚胺类化合物的邻位C—H键功能化研究进展

莱啉酰亚胺是一类重要的功能有机染料.独特的缺电性共轭骨架与优异的光电性质使其成为多环芳烃家族中的重要成员,在有机场效应晶体管、有机光伏器件和生物医学传感等领域具有广阔的应用前景.对莱啉酰亚胺骨架的精准修饰不仅可以有效调控分子能级,还有利于实现分子间的可控组装,是高效创制新型π-分子材料的有效手段.早期,受合成方法的限制,莱啉酰亚胺骨架母核修饰的位点主要局限于电子云密度稍高的湾位,但在该位点引入取代基会扭曲π-平面,不利于π-分子之间的有效堆积.莱啉酰亚胺骨架邻位选择性修饰不影响母核的平面性,近年来受到广泛关注,催生出系列莱啉酰亚胺邻位C—H键功能化的新策略.根据成键类型不同,以苝二酰亚胺和萘二酰亚胺为例,系统总结了莱啉酰亚胺骨架邻位C—H键功能化的方法,以及邻位修饰对莱啉骨架光电性质和组装的影响.     

桥位二级胺基取代的苝二酰亚胺的合成及其能级结构研究

通过简易的乌尔曼反应, 合成出了一系列桥位二级胺基取代的苝二酰亚胺衍生物2a～2d, 并对其能级结构进行了表征. 紫外-可见光吸收光谱表明, 桥位经过二级胺基取代后苝二酰亚胺的带隙变窄, 最大吸收峰出现了100 nm以上的红移, 从而使吸收范围覆盖到了近红外区. 循环伏安测试表明, 桥位经过二级胺基取代后的苝二酰亚胺同时呈现出可逆的还原峰和氧化峰, HOMO能级大幅上升, 具有双极性半导体特性. 初步探讨了桥位吗啡啉基团取代的苝二酰亚胺2d在有机光伏器件中的应用, 证明其既可以用作电子受体, 也可以用作电子给体.     

基于吡咯并吡咯二酮核心的苝二酰亚胺类受体分子的合成及光伏性能

苝二酰亚胺类小分子由于其固有的强分子聚集特性,导致活性层形貌难于调控,器件效率相对于近年来报道的受体-给体-受体型稠环小分子受体一直处于劣势.针对这一关键问题,我们设计并合成了三个以吡咯并吡咯二酮为中心核的双臂型和四臂型苝二酰亚胺类小分子受体.其中,c-PDI2和nc-PDI2两个双臂型分子分别将两个苝二酰亚胺臂置于吡咯并吡咯二酮核心骨架的碳取代位和氮取代位;四臂型PDI4是将四个苝二酰亚胺臂置于吡咯并吡咯二酮核心骨架的四个取代位.通过对三个受体小分子的光谱吸收、能级水平、薄膜形貌以及光伏性能的详细研究,发现三个受体小分子都拥有扭曲的分子结构并由此带来无定形薄膜形貌,表明其分子聚集趋势得到了有效的抑制.相对于双臂型受体分子,四臂型PDI4具有更强的光吸收能力和电子传输性能,从而获得了8.45%的最高光电转换效率,是c-PDI2器件效率的2倍和nc-PDI2器件效率的1.5倍.     

以苝二酰亚胺为构筑块的超分子聚集体的研究进展

苝二酰亚胺(PDI)超分子聚集体以其独特的光物理和光化学性质而受到广泛的关注.本文首先简单介绍了苝二酰亚胺的性质及合成,然后分别介绍了在配位键、π-π堆积、氢键以及正负离子的静电引力作用下组装超分子聚集体的研究现状.最后对苝二酰亚胺超分子聚集体的发展前景作了展望.     

含三苯胺结构的非对称型苝酰亚胺的合成及性能

合成了2种含有三苯胺结构的非对称型苝酰亚胺N-(2-乙基己基)-N'-(4-三苯胺)-3,4,9,10-苝二酰亚胺(PDI-ATPA)和4,4',4″-三[N-(2-乙基己基)-3,4,9,10-苝二酰亚胺]-三苯胺(PDI-TATPA).利用核磁共振谱(NMR)、红外光谱(IR)和元素分析等方法表征了2种分子的结构,采用紫外-可见(UV-Vis)吸收光谱和荧光光谱研究了其分子光物理性能及在溶液中的聚集行为,并且对分子轨道、能级和偶极矩进行了分子模拟.研究结果表明,具有星形空间对称结构的苝酰亚胺分子PDI-TATPA在溶液中具有自组装行为;引入的三苯胺结构与苝核形成电子给体-受体结构,发生分子内电子转移(PET),进而导致荧光猝灭.     

苝酰亚胺受体的聚集形态对有机太阳电池中激子过程与电子传输的影响（英文）

末端烷基链分叉位置对苝酰亚胺(PBI)线性二联体的堆积模式具有显著影响,进而影响激子过程与载流子传输.二联体两端烷基链分叉位点紧靠苝酰亚胺能够抑制分子长程有序堆积,形成具有较少能量陷阱的无定形聚集态;而两端烷基链分叉位点远离苝酰亚胺则导致多种聚集结构共存,分子间强π-π相互作用位点成为能量陷阱.结果表明, PBI受体的聚集方式对有机太阳电池的性能产生重要影响,需要尽量减少活性层中的多种聚集结构共存以免引起激子解离受限以及载流子传输迟滞.     

N-(取代嘧啶-2''''-基)-2-三氟乙酰氨基苯磺酰脲的合成及除草活性

磺酰脲类除草剂是近 2 0年来开发出的超高效、广谱、低毒和高选择性除草剂 .在已研究的磺酰脲分子中 ,芳环的邻位取代基多为酯基、卤素、取代烷氧基、三氟甲基等 [1,2 ] ,而邻位取代基为酰胺基的甚少 .为寻找高活性的磺酰脲化合物 ,本文将活性基团三氟乙酰氨基引入磺酰脲分子中 ,合成了 1 0种 N - (取代嘧啶 - 2 -基 ) - 2 -三氟乙酰氨基苯磺酰脲 (其中 9种为新化合物 ,4b～ 4j) ,并改进了实验方法 ,使产率明显提高 .同时还测定了它们的除草活性 ,其中一些化合物具有良好的活性 .合成路线如下 :　　 X- 4数字显示显微熔点仪 ,温度计未校正…     

十二顶点邻位双取代碳硼烷衍生物二阶NLO性质的理论研究

采用密度泛函理论(DFT) B3LYP/6-31G*方法, 对系列十二顶点邻位双取代碳硼烷(C2B10H12)衍生物的几何构型进行优化. 在所得优化结构的基础上, 结合有限场方法(FF)和含时密度泛函理论(TD-DFT)对这些分子的二阶非线性光学(NLO)活性及电子吸收光谱进行了研究. 结果表明, 邻位双取代碳硼烷有较强的吸电子作用, 与有机基团形成D-π-A结构时, 可以起到很好的受体作用. 当给体部分或桥的共轭性好, 给体的给电子能力强时, 邻位双取代碳硼烷的吸电子作用更明显, 从而增强了分子的二阶NLO响应.     

不同氟取代基对苝酰亚胺电子迁移率的影响

利用空间电荷限制电流(SCLC)法测试了二种氟代苝酰亚胺的电子迁移率, 一种是N,N'-二(五氟代苯基)-3,4,9,10-苝四羧基二酰亚胺(1), 另一种是N,N'-二(1,1-二氢十五氟代辛基)-3,4,9,10-苝四羧基二酰亚胺(2). 结果发现, 化合物2的电子迁移率要比1高1～2个数量级. UV-Vis, XRD, SEM和AFM等表征手段证明, 这一现象可以用不同的氟取代基导致不同的聚集态结构来解释: 对于化合物1而言, 苯环平面与苝环平面之间存在大的夹角, 破坏了苝酰亚胺分子的平面性, 再加上刚性的氟代苯环大的空间位阻作用, 化合物1分子无法依靠相邻苝环之间的重叠排列而结晶, 只能无序堆积形成非晶膜; 与之相反, 在化合物2分子中苝环上的端基是柔性的锯齿状氟代烷基链, 空间位阻小, 化合物2分子能通过相邻苝环之间相互接近而形成的π-π偶合作用而结晶, 因此有利于电子在苝酰亚胺分子间的跳跃传输.     

外围取代基团对卟啉铂(Ⅱ)配合物发光性能的影响

设计合成了具有不同外围取代基的卟啉铂(Ⅱ)配合物PtTEMP,PtTBMP,PtOMPP和PtDMPP,并对其结构和光电性能进行了表征.晶体结构分析结果表明,这些卟啉铂(Ⅱ)配合物具有较理想的平面配位构型,β-位叔丁基的引入有效抑制了分子间的π-π相互作用.外围取代基几乎不影响配合物的吸收和发光性质,最大发射峰位于646~656 nm之间,为配体中心的3π*-π磷光发射.空间位阻效应更强的叔丁基取代配合物(PtTBMP)的溶液态荧光量子效率和外量子效率最高,分别为0.58和6.3%.3个甲氧基取代的PtDMPP的发光效率优于2个甲氧基取代的PtOMPP,二者的溶液态荧光量子效率分别为0.36和0.29,外量子效率分别为2.4%和1.7%.     

Imide-Functionalized Polymer Semiconductors

Imide-functionalized π-conjugated polymer semiconductors have received a great deal of interest owing to their unique physicochemical properties and optoelectronic characteristics, including excellent solubility, highly planar backbones, widely tunable band gaps and energy levels of frontier molecular orbitals, and good film morphology. The organic electronics community has witnessed rapid expansion of the materials library and remarkable improvement in device performance recently. This review summarizes the development of imide-functionalized polymer semiconductors as well as their device performance in organic thin-film transistors and polymer solar cells, mainly achieved in the past three years. The materials mainly cover naphthalene diimide, perylene diimide, and bithiophene imide, and other imide-based polymer semiconductors are also discussed. The perspective offers our insights for developing new imide-functionalized building blocks and polymer semiconductors with optimized optoelectronic properties. We hope that this review will generate more research interest in the community to realize further improved device performance by developing new imide-functionalized polymer semiconductors.     

Tetrasubstituted Peropyrenes Formed by Reductive Aromatization: Synthesis,Functionalization and Characterization

The chromophore class of 1,3,8,10-tetrasubstituted peropyrenes was effectively synthesized from peropyrenequinone via a Zn-mediated reductive aromatization approach. In one step, a symmetric functionalization of the peropyrene backbone introducing silylethers ( 2 , 3 ), pivaloyl ( 4 ), triflyl ( 5 ) and also phosphinite ( 6 ) groups was established. Furthermore, the potential of using 4 and 5 in transition metal catalysed cross couplings was explored leading to 1,3,8,10-tetraaryl ( 8 - 11 ) and tetraalkynyl ( 7 ) peropyrenes. The influence of various substituents on the optoelectronic properties of these π-system extended peropyrenes was investigated in solid state by means of X-ray crystallography, in solution by means of UV-Vis and fluorescence spectroscopy and by their redox properties studied via cyclic voltammetry. By comparison with DFT and TD-DFT calculations, it could be elucidated that introduction of a broad variety of substituents in such versatile one or two step procedures leads to peropyrenes with easily tunable HOMO and LUMO energies ranging in a gap window of 0.8 eV. The frontier molecular orbital energies identify the target molecules as promising candidates for hole transporting semiconductors.     

Thermal Stability and Molecular Ordering of Organic Semiconductor Monolayers: Effect of an Anchor Group

The thermal stability and molecular order in monolayers of two organic semiconductors, PBI‐PA and PBI‐alkyl, based on perylene derivatives with an identical molecular structure except for an anchor group for attachment to the substrate in PBI‐PA, are reported. In situ X‐ray reflectivity measurements are used to follow the stability of these monolayers in terms of order and thickness as temperature is increased. Films have thicknesses corresponding approximately to the length of one molecule; molecules stand upright on the substrate with a defined structure. PBI‐PA monolayers have a high degree of order at room temperature and a stable film exists up to 250 °C, but decomposes rapidly above 300 °C. In contrast, stable physisorbed PBI‐alkyl monolayers only exist up to 100 °C. Above the bulk melting point at 200 °C no more order exists. The results encourage using anchor groups in monolayers for various applications as it allows enhanced stability at the interface with the substrate.     

Theoretical study of substitution effects on molecular reorganization energy in organic semiconductors

Chemical substitutions are powerful molecular design tools to enhance the performance of organic semiconductors, for instance, to improve solubility, intermolecular stacking, or film quality. However, at the microscopic level, substitutions in general tend to increase the molecular reorganization energy and thus decrease the intrinsic charge-carrier mobility. Through density functional theory calculations, we elucidate strategies that could be followed to reduce the reorganization energy upon chemical substitution. Specific examples are given here for hole-transport materials including indolo-carbazoles and several triarylamine derivatives. Through decomposition of the total reorganization energy into the internal coordinate space, we are able to identify the molecular segment that provides the most important contributions to the reorganization energy. It is found that when substitution reduces (enhances) the amplitude of the relevant frontier molecular orbital in that segment, the total reorganization energy decreases (increases). In particular, chlorination at appropriate positions can significantly reduce the reorganization energy. Several other substituents are shown to play a similar role, to a greater or lesser extent.     

One Fluorophore-Two Sensing Films: Hydrogen-Bond Directed Formation of a Quadruple Perylene Bisimide Stack

Elaborately designed π-stacked molecular aggregates are significant for modulation of photophysical properties of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Herein, a double hydrogen-bonds trussed di(pyridyl)pyrrole-perylene bisimide (HDPP-PBI) was designed and its dimerization behavior was studied. HDPP-PBI tends to form a quadruple PBI stack with a dimerization constant of ∼5.56×10⁶ M⁻¹. The dimerization was ascribed to synergistic intramolecular double hydrogen-bonds formation and intermolecular π-π stacking. Addition of CF₃COOH, a hydrogen bond blocker, promotes the dimer to monomer transition. Accordingly, two distinct fluorescent films were prepared by drop-casting of the dimerized or the monomeric HDPP-PBI onto a substrate surface. Interestingly, the less-emissive PBI quadruple stack-based film showed a turn on response to acetone vapor, while the highly emissive HDPP-PBI-based film exhibited fluorescence quenching upon exposure to triethylamine vapor. We believe that the discovered synergistic effect in the PBI aggregates would enlighten the design of new PAHs aggregates with defined structures.     

Control of H‐ and J‐Type π Stacking by Peripheral Alkyl Chains and Self‐Sorting Phenomena in Perylene Bisimide Homo‐ and Heteroaggregates

The synthesis, self‐assembly, and gelation ability of a series of organogelators based on perylene bisimide (PBI) dyes containing amide groups at imide positions are reported. The synergetic effect of intermolecular hydrogen bonding among the amide functionalities and π–π stacking between the PBI units directs the formation of the self‐assembled structure in solution, which beyond a certain concentration results in gelation. Effects of different peripheral alkyl substituents on the self‐assembly were studied by solvent‐ and temperature‐dependent UV‐visible and circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy. PBI derivatives containing linear alkyl side chains in the periphery formed H‐type π stacks and red gels, whereas by introducing branched alkyl chains the formation of J‐type π stacks and green gels could be achieved. Sterically demanding substituents, in particular, the 2‐ethylhexyl group completely suppressed the π stacking. Coaggregation studies with H‐ and J‐aggregating chromophores revealed the formation of solely H‐type π stacks containing both precursor molecules at a lower mole fraction of J‐aggregating chromophore. Beyond a critical composition of the two chromophores, mixed H‐aggregate and J‐aggregate were formed simultaneously, which points to a self‐sorting process. The versatility of the gelators is strongly dependent on the length and nature of the peripheral alkyl substituents. CD spectroscopic studies revealed a preferential helicity of the aggregates of PBI building blocks bearing chiral side chains. Even for achiral PBI derivatives, the utilization of chiral solvents such as (R)‐ or (S)‐limonene was effective in preferential population of one‐handed helical fibers. AFM studies revealed the formation of helical fibers from all the present PBI gelators, irrespective of the presence of chiral or achiral side chains. Furthermore, vortex flow was found to be effective in macroscopic orientation of the aggregates as evidenced from the origin of CD signals from aggregates of achiral PBI molecules.     

Synthesis and characterization of benzo[1,2-b:3,4-b':5,6-b']trithiophene (BTT) oligomers

Two dimers (2 and 3), dendritic tetramer (4), hexamer (5), and decamer (6) of benzo[1,2-b:3,4-b':5,6-b']trithiophene (BTT), a potential π-core unit with C(3h) symmetry, were synthesized, characterized, and evaluated for possible use as organic semiconductors. Single crystal X-ray analyses of the dimers (2 and 3) revealed that they have planar molecular structures with dihedral angles of almost 180° between two BTT units. In accordance with the rigid and planar molecular structure, the unsubstituted dimer (2) is poorly soluble, whereas the octyl-substituted dimer (3) has improved solubility. Although the solubility of the dendritic tetramer (4) is decreased, further extended systems, i.e., the dendritic hexamer (5) and decamer (6), have solubilities better than that of 4. With increasing numbers of BTT units in the molecule, the experimentally determined energy levels of HOMO shift upward slightly and the HOMO-LUMO energy gaps become smaller, but the extent of HOMO destabilization and reduction of the HOMO-LUMO gap are not significant. Taking into account the energy levels of the frontier orbitals, 3-6 could be useful as p-channel organic semiconductors rather than n-channel. In fact, the spin-coated thin film of 3 with edge-on molecular orientation acted as an active channel of field-effect transistors that showed hole mobilities as high as 0.14 cm(2) V(-1) s(-1), indicating that the BTT core is a useful π-conjugated system for application to organic semiconductors, although 4-6 gave FET characteristics rather inferior to those of 3, owing to their amorphous nature in the thin film state.     

Monomer and Excimer Emission in a Conformational and Stacking-Adaptable Molecular System

A design strategy that combines molecular conformation, alkyl chain length, and charge-transfer effects has been developed to obtain conformational and stacking-adaptable donor-acceptor-π type molecules for precisely regulating the monomer and excimer emission in a single luminous platform under different environments. These fluorophores can exhibit bright monomer emissions when they are in the dispersed state based on their planar conformation. However, when the luminous molecules with short alkyl side chains are in the crystalline state, their molecular conformation can become distorted, further inducing strong intermolecular interactions and staggered π-π stacking for bright excimer emission. More importantly, their dispersed and aggregated states can be reversibly regulated in a phase-change fatty acid matrix, to achieve temperature-responsive fluorescence for temperature monitoring and advanced information encryption.     

Ultrahigh mobility in polymer field-effect transistors by design

In this article, the design paradigm involving molecular weight, alkyl substituents, and donor-acceptor interaction for the poly[2,6-(4,4-bis-alkyl-4H-cyclopenta[2,1-b;3,4-b']-dithiophene)-alt-4,7-(2,1,3-benzothiadiazole)] (cyclopentadithiophene-benzothiadiazole) donor-acceptor copolymer (CDT-BTZ) toward field-effect transistors (FETs) with ultrahigh mobilities is presented and discussed. It is shown that the molecular weight plays a key role in improving hole mobilities, reaching an exceptionally high value of up to 3.3 cm(2) V(-1) s(-1). Possible explanations for this observation is highlighted in conjunction with thin film morphology and crystallinity. Hereby, it is found that the former does not change, whereas, at the same time, crystallinity improved with ever growing molecular weight. Furthermore, other important structural design factors such as alkyl chain substituents and donor-acceptor interaction between the polymer backbones potentially govern intermolecular stacking distances crucial for charge transport and hence for device performance. In this aspect, for the first time we attempt to shed light onto donor-acceptor interactions between neighboring polymer chains with the help of solid state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). On the basis of our results, polymer design principles are inferred that might be of relevance for prospective semiconductors exhibiting hole mobilities even exceeding 3 cm(2) V(-1) s(-1).     

Intramolecular Energy Transfer in Dithienogermole Derivatives

Dithienogermole (DTG) has been applied as a useful building unit of optical/semiconducting materials for organic optoelectronic devices because of its extended conjugation, high chemical stability, and good emissive properties. Although DTG has two substituents on the Ge atom, the substituents have been limited to simple alkyl and aryl groups in previous work. In this work, to further uncover the new functionalities of this useful building unit, various π-conjugated groups were introduced on Ge of DTG. It was expected that the introduction of π-conjugated groups would give rise to efficient energy transfer between the substituents and the DTG core, which are in proximity and linked by a Ge atom. The thus-prepared DTG compounds with fluorene, terthiophene, and pyrene units on Ge possessed well-separated frontier orbitals on the substituents and the DTG core, as proved by the absorption spectra and DFT calculations. The substituted DTG derivatives showed clear emission only from the energy acceptor even though the energy donor was photoexcited. This indicated the highly efficient energy transfer in these compounds. We also prepared more π-extended compound DTGFl2-Ph with phenyl groups on the DTG thiophene rings. DTGFl2-Ph showed strong emission in the visible region with efficient energy transfer properties. These results clearly indicate the potential application of the present DTG system as optical functional materials.