Structure-fluorescence relationship of push-pull 2-phenylbenzothiazole derivatives designed based on the firefly light-emitter

6-Dimethylamino-2-phenylbenzothiazole (1a) mimicking the firefly oxyluciferin structure and the derivatives with an electron-withdrawing substituent on the phenyl group were prepared, and their fluorescence properties were investigated in various solvents. 1a showed solvatochromic fluorescence with good fluorescence quantum yields (Φ_f >0.8). The introduction of an electron-withdrawing group led to a red-shift of the emission maximum. In particular, the derivatives with the 2,2-dicyanoethenyl and (1,3-dihydro-1,3-dioxo-2H-inden-2-ylidene)methyl groups showed near-infrared fluorescence in chloroform. In addition, the derivative with the phenylimine moiety showed efficient solid-state fluorescence, resulted from a molecular arrangement inhibiting intermolecular interactions for quenching the fluorescence state in crystals.     

Synthesis,crystal structures and photoluminescence of 7-(N,N′-diethylamino)-3-phenylcoumarin derivatives

Two new coumarin derivatives, 7-(N,N′-diethylamino)-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-coumarin and 7-(N,N′-diethylamino)-3-(4-bromophenyl)-coumarin, were synthesized successfully. Their structures were verified by single crystal X-ray crystallography. The UV–vis absorption and fluorescence of the compounds were discussed. The compounds exhibit strong blue emission under ultraviolet light excitation. The molecular structures, the lowest energy transitions and the UV–vis spectra of 7-(N,N′-diethylamino)-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-coumarin and 7-(N,N′-diethylamino)-3-(4-bromophenyl)-coumarin have been studied with density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT) at B3LYP/6-31G(d) level.     

Selective interactions of a few acridinium derivatives with single strand DNA: study of photophysical and DNA binding interactions

Novel acridinium derivatives 1-3, wherein steric factors have been varied systematically through substitution at the ninth position of the acridinium ring, were synthesized and their interactions with single strand and double strand DNA have been investigated through photophysical, biophysical, and microscopic techniques. The acridinium derivative 1 exhibited quantitative fluorescence yields (phi f approximately =1) and high lifetime of 35 ns, while significantly lower fluorescence yields of 0.11 and 0.02 and lifetimes of 3.5 and 1.2 ns were observed for 2 and 3, respectively. The derivatives 1 and 2 having 2-methylphenyl and 2,4-dimethylphenyl substituents at the ninth position of the acridinium ring showed selective interactions with single strand DNA (ssDNA) with association constants of KssDNA = 6.3-6.6 x 10(4) M(-1), while negligible interactions were observed with double strand DNA (dsDNA). In contrast, the derivative 3 with 2,6-dimethylphenyl substitution showed negligible interactions with both ssDNA and dsDNA. Studies with a series of 19-mer oligonucleotides indicate that these derivatives exhibit significant selectivity for the sequences rich in guanosine (ca. 3-fold) as compared to the cytosine-rich sequences. These derivatives with high water solubility and the ability to distinguish between ssDNA and dsDNA through changes in fluorescence emission can be used as fluorescent probes for understanding the role of ssDNA in various biological processes and to study various DNA-ligand interactions.     

1,3,2-氧氮磷杂环戊烷衍生物(Ⅱ)——2-二乙氨基-3-取代甲酰基-1,3,2-氧氮磷杂环戊烷衍生物的合成及其性质研究

用六乙基亚磷酰胺与N-(β-羟基乙基)取代甲酰胺进行成环反应,合成了一系列新的有机磷杂环化合物,2-二乙氨基-3-取代甲酰基-1,3,2-氧氮磷杂环戊烷,然后与硫作用生成2-硫逐代衍生物,亦可不经分离一步完成上述反应。     

Synthesis of aminovinyl derivatives of quinoline- and isoquinoline-5,8-diones*

Aminovinyl derivatives of quinoline-5,8-dione and isoquinoline-5,8-dione were obtained. The structure of (E)-6-chloro-7-[2-(N,N-diethylamino)vinyl]quinoline-5,8-dione was confirmed by X-ray structural analysis.     

Near-infrared solid-state fluorescent naphthooxazine dyes attached with bulky dibutylamino and perfluoroalkenyloxy groups at 6- and 9-positions

No solid-state fluorescence is observed for 9-(diethylamino)benzo[a]phenoxazin-5-one (Nile Red). However, 9-dibutylamino-6-{perfluoro[4-methyl-3-(1-methylethyl)-2-penten]-2-oxy}benzo[a]phenoxazin-5-one showed fluorescence maximum at 717 nm in solid state with fluorescence quantum yield 0.024. X-ray crystallographic analysis suggests that prevention of network π−π interactions by the bulky fluorine-containing and dibutylamino groups is essential to show solid-state fluorescence.     

Pyrimidines. 8. chlorination of 6-methyluracil with phosphorus oxychloride in the presence of trialkyamines

The effect of the tertiary amines triethyl, tri-n-propyl, and tri-n-butylamines on the chlorination of 6-methyluracil by phosphorus oxychloride was studied. A comparison with the reaction of preformed 2,4-dichloro-6-methylpyrimidine and triethylamine in toluene was made. The reaction in phosphorus oxychloride in the presence of triethylamine afforded low yields of 2-diethylamino derivative after short heating periods and high yields of the 2,4-bis(diethylamino) derivative after 188 hours of boiling. Heating the preformed 2,4-dichloro-6-methylpyrimidine in toluene in the presence of triethylamine yielded primarily the 2-diethylaminopyrimidine along with a small amount of the 4-diethylamino isomer. After 188 hours, the product mixture was composed of 87% 2-diethylamino and 13% of 4-diethylamino isomers. Although substituent orientation was essentially the same, the yields of products seem to have been influenced by the dielectric constants of the solvents. Tri-n-propylamine in phosphorus oxychloride yielded solely the dichloropyrimidine, even after 188 hours of boiling, and is recommended as the amine of choice in such chlorination reactions. Tri-n-butylamine was the same after 48 hours, but 4% of 4-di-n-butylaminopyrimidine was found after 188 hours of heating.     

Fluorine-defects induced solid-state red emission of carbon dots with an excellent thermosensitivity

Up to date, solid-state carbon dots (CDs) with bright red fluorescence have scarcely achieved due to aggregation-caused quenching (ACQ) effect and extremely low quantum yield in deep-red to near infrared region. Here, we report a novel fluorine-defects induced solid-state red fluorescence (λ_em = 676 nm, the absolute fluorescence quantum yields is 4.17%) in fluorine, nitrogen and sulfur co-doped CDs (F,N,S-CDs), which is the first report of such a long wavelength emission of solid-state CDs. As a control, CDs without fluorine-doping (N,S-CDs) show no fluorescence in solid-state, and the fluorescence quantum yield/emission wavelength of N,S-CDs in solution-state are also lower/shorter than that of F,N,S-CDs, which is mainly due to the F-induced defect traps on the surface/edge of F,N,S-CDs. Moreover, the solid-state F,N,S-CDs exhibit an interesting temperature-sensitive behavior in the range of 80–420 K, with the maximum fluorescence intensity at 120 K, unveiling its potential as the temperature-dependent fluorescent sensor and the solid-state light-emitting device adapted to multiple temperatures.     

A small change in molecular structure, a big difference in the AIEE mechanism

An anthracene carboxamide derivative of the excited-state intramolecular proton-transfer compound of 2-(2'-hydroxyphenyl)benzothiazole has been newly developed to produce the prominent characteristics of aggregation-induced enhanced emission (AIEE) with a high solid-state fluorescence quantum efficiency of 78.1%. Compared with our previously reported phenyl carboxamide derivatives, a small tailoring of the molecular structure was found to result in a big difference in the dominant factor of the AIEE mechanism. In the phenyl carboxamide derivatives, the dominant factor of the AIEE mechanism is the restriction of the twisted intramolecular charge transfer (TICT) of the enol excited state, regardless of their different aggregation modes. In the anthracene carboxamide derivative, N-(3-(benzo[d]thiazol-2-yl)-4-hydroxyphenyl) anthracene-9-carboxamide, the AIEE characteristics are not dependent on the restriction of TICT, but mainly attributed to the cooperative effects of J-aggregation and the restriction of the cis-trans tautomerization in the keto excited state. A specific N···π interaction was found to be the main driving force for this J-aggregation, as revealed by the single crystal analysis. The AIEE mechanism of this anthracene carboxamide derivative was studied in detail through photophysical investigations and theoretical calculations. On the basis of its AIEE characteristics, a stable non-doped organic light-emitting diode was achieved, with high color purity and a remarkably low efficiency roll-off.     

Photophysical, photochemical and BSA binding/BQ quenching properties of quaternizable coumarin containing water soluble zinc phthalocyanine complexes

The non-peripherally (np-QZnPc) and peripherally (p-QZnPc) tetrakis-[7-oxo-(3-[(2-diethylaminomethyliodide)ethyl)]-4-methylcoumarin]-phthalocyaninatozinc complexes have been prepared by quaternization of non-peripherally and peripherally tetrakis[7-oxo-(3-[(2-diethylamino)ethyl)]-methylcoumarin] phthalocyaninato zinc complexes with methyliodide in dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO). The new quaternized zinc phthalocyanine complex (np-QZnPc) has been characterized by elemental analysis, MALDI-TOF, IR and UV-vis spectral data. The photophysical and photochemical properties of the peripherally and non-peripherally quaternized tetrakis-3-[(2-diethylamino)ethyl]-7-oxo-4-methylcoumarin substituted zinc phthalocyanines are reported. The effects of the position of the substituents and the aggregation of the phthalocyanine molecules on the photophysical and photochemical properties are also investigated. General trends are described for photodegradation, singlet oxygen and fluorescence quantum yields, and fluorescence lifetimes for complexes np-ZnPc/p-ZnPc in DMSO and for complexes np-QZnPc/p-QZnPc in DMSO, phosphate buffered solution (PBS) and PBS+Triton-X 100 solutions. The fluorescence of the tetra-substituted quaternized zinc phthalocyanine complexes (np-QZnPc/p-QZnPc) are effectively quenched addition of 1,4-benzoquinone (BQ) and this study also presented the ionic zinc phthalocyanine complexes strongly bind to bovine serum albumin (BSA).     

Green-, Red-, and Infrared-Emitting Polymorphs of Sterically Hindered Push–Pull Substituted Stilbenes

The synthesis, XRD single-crystal structure, powder XRD, and solid-state fluorescence of two new DPA-DPS-EWG derivatives (DPA=diphenylamino, DPS=2,5-diphenyl-stilbene, EWG=electron-withdrawing group, that is, carbaldehyde or dicyanovinylene, DCV) are described. Absorption and fluorescence maxima in solvents of various polarity show bathochromic shifts with respect to the parent DPA-stilbene-EWGs. The electronic coupling in dimers and potential twist elasticity of monomers were studied by density functional theory. Both polymorphs of the CHO derivative emit green fluorescence (527 and 550 nm) of moderate intensity (10 % and 5 %) in polycrystalline powder form. Moderate (5 %) red (672 nm) monomer-like emission was also observed for the first polymorph of the DCV derivative, whereas more intense (32 %) infrared (733 nm) emission of the second polymorph was ascribed to the excimer fluorescence.     

Fluorescence properties of novel 6-butyl-2,3-dicyano-7-methyl-6H-1,4-diazepine styryl dyes containing ethyleneglycol units

The fluorescence properties of novel 6-butyl-2,3-dicyano-7-methyl-6H-1,4-diazepine styryl dyes having mono-, di-, tri-, and tetra(ethyleneglycol) units were examined. The mono(ethylenglycol) derivative was solid at room temperature, whereas the di-, tri-, and tetra(ethylenglycol) derivatives were oily. The monoethyleneglycol derivative showed weak aggregation-induced emission enhancement with fluorescence maximum at 649 nm, which comes from J-aggregates. The fluorescence of oily di-, tri-, and tetra(ethyleneglycol) derivatives in neat form was very weak. No aggregation-induced emission enhancement was observed for the oily derivatives.     

3-(Benzimidazolyl-2)-2-iminocoumarins in Reactions with Aromatic Aldehydes

Interaction of 3-(benzimidazolyl-2)-2-iminocoumarins with aromatic aldehydes in the presence of piperidine gave the corresponding 7-aryl-7H-benzo[4,5]imidazo[1,2-c]benzopyrano[3,2-e]pyrimidines. The 3-diethylamino derivatives of this series fluoresce effectively in alcohol solutions.     

Weak intramolecular interactions as controlling factors in the diastereoselective formation of 3-phosphinoxido- and 3-phosphono-1,2,3,6-tetrahydrophosphinine 1-oxides

A series of 3-phosphinoxido-and 3-phosphono-1,2,3,6-tetrahydrophosphinine oxides was synthesized by the diastereoselective addition of diphenylphosphine oxide and dialkyl phosphites to the α,β-double-bond of 1,2-dihydrophosphinine oxides. Further refunctionalizations led to a 3-P(O)(OH)₂ derivative and to a disulfide. The conformation of the products was evaluated using the B3LYP/6-31+G^∗//B3LYP/3-21G^∗ method, validated by calculation for a simple tetrahydrophosphinine oxide with a known stereostructure. The preferred conformers of the 3-P(X)Z₂-tetrahydrophosphinine derivatives were among the twist-boat forms containing the exocyclic P-function in the axial position due to three kinds of favorable intramolecular interactions. Only the 3-P(O)(OH)₂ derivative was found to adopt a half-chair conformation as a consequence of intramolecular H-bonding.     

Cytotoxicity evaluation of coumarin derivatives containing 4-bromophenyl or anthracene moieties

The cytotoxic properties of four synthesized coumarin derivatives containing 4-bromophenyl or anthracene moieties against the human hepatocellular carcinoma cell lines (HepG-2) were investigated in vitro by use of the sulforhodamine B (SRB) assay. The four coumarin derivatives are 3-(4-bromophenyl)-benzo[5,6]coumarin (1a), 3-(4-bromophenyl)-7-(N,N-diethylamino)coumarin (1b), 3-(4-(anthracen-10-yl)phenyl)-benzo[5,6]coumarin (2a), and 3-(4-(anthracen-10-yl)phenyl)-7-(N,N-diethylamino)coumarin (2b). The preliminary results indicate that 1a, 2a, and 2b have significant cytotoxicity against HepG-2 whereas 1b has a growth-promotion effect.     

5-二乙胺基-2-(吡啶-2’-亚氨甲基)苯酚的合成及其对Zn2+的识别

本文利用2-氨基吡啶与4-二乙胺基水杨醛反应合成了5-二乙胺基-2-(吡啶-2’-亚氨甲基)苯酚(探针L),对其结构进行了表征。在DMSO/Tris(6:4, v/v, pH =7.4)溶液中,探针L高选择性荧光“关-开”识别Zn₂₊,在365 nm紫外灯照射下,由无荧光变成蓝色荧光。实验表明,探针L与Zn₂₊的结合比为1:1,结合常数为2.6×10₃ L. mol_-1,检测限为 9.39×10_-7mol/L,pH适用范围为7-11,并可检测水样中的Zn₂₊。     

Synthesis and characterization of trifluoromethyl heterocyclic compounds: 4-hydroxy-4-methyl-5-(2,2,2-trifluoro-1-trifluoromethylethyl)-1,3-thiazoline derivatives

We report the synthesis of two new bis-trifluoromethyl 4-hydroxy-1,3-thiazoline, and one thiazole derivatives from 5,5,5-trifluoro-4-(trifluoromethyl)-3-penten-2-one (1) by anti-Michael addition and condensation with thioamides. Spectroscopical properties, such as IR and Raman, ¹H, ¹³C and ¹⁹F NMR, as well as the crystalline structure of the 2-methyl-derivative are described. The crystalline structure shows short intermolecular F–F contacts. The 2-phenyl thiazole derivative was obtained by dehydration of the correspondent hydroxythiazoline, attempts to obtain the 2-methyl derivative were unsuccessful.     

苝二酰亚胺衍生物/三联吡啶铂配合物超分子在G-四链体检测中的应用

合成了3种三联吡啶铂(Ⅱ)配合物(Pt1、Pt2、Pt3)和两种苝二酰亚胺衍生物(PDI1、PDI2),构建了三联吡啶铂配合物/苝二酰亚胺衍生物超分子体系。所得超分子体系可作为"turn-on"型荧光传感器用于检测c-myc G-四链体。三联吡啶铂配合物可通过电子转移作用猝灭苝二酰亚胺的荧光,利用最小二乘法求得三联吡啶铂配合物与PDIs的结合常数为5.57×104~5.28×106 L/mol。加入G-四链体后,三联吡啶铂配合物/苝二酰亚胺超分子发生解离,苝二酰亚胺衍生物的荧光得到恢复。在Pt2/PDI2体系中加入1.5μmol/L c-myc G-四链体可使其荧光增强63倍。在c-myc的浓度为25nmol/L~1.0μmol/L范围内,Pt2/PDI2超分子体系荧光增强(F/F0)与c-myc的浓度呈良好的线性关系(R2=0.995),检测限为1.37nmol/L,表明Pt2/PDI2超分子体系可用于检测c-myc序列DNA。     

Toward pi-conjugated molecule bundles: synthesis of a series of B,B',B''-trianthryl-N,N',N''-triarylborazines and the bundle effects on their properties

As a prototype of a pi-conjugated molecule bundled system, a series of B,B',B'-trianthryl- N,N',N'-triarylborazine derivatives bearing various p-substituted phenyl groups (p-R-C(6)H(4): R = hexyl (1), i-Pr (2), CF(3) (3), Br (5)) as aryl groups was designed and synthesized. The crystal structure analysis of these derivatives confirmed that the three anthryl and three phenyl groups are bundled up alternately in a C(3) symmetrical gear-shaped fashion. On the basis of this structure, the trianthrylborazine derivatives form a unique honeycomblike packing structure consisting of intermolecular pi-stacking of the anthryl moieties. Significant bundle effects were observed in the photophysical and electrochemical properties of these compounds. In their fluorescence spectra, the trianthrylborazine derivatives (1-3) show intense emissions around 390 nm, whose quantum yields (1, Phi(F) = 0.62; 2, Phi(F) = 0.59; 3, Phi(F) = 0.63) are about twice high as that of anthracene (Phi(F) = 0.27). The cyclic voltammetry measurements show that the oxidation peak potential can be tuned by varying the substituents on the phenyl moieties. Theoretical calculations (B3LYP/ 6-31G(d)) suggested that secondary through-bond/through-space interactions in the bundled structure play an important role in the tuning of these properties. Facile structural derivatization at the 10-position of the anthryl moieties of trianthrylborazine was conducted to demonstrate the utility of the borazine skeleton as a core framework for new organic electronic materials.     

A Water-Gated Organic Thin-Film Transistor for Glyphosate Detection: A Comparative Study with Fluorescence Sensing

This work reports the design of a highly sensitive solid-state sensor device based on a water-gated organic thin-film transistor (WG-OTFT) for the selective detection of herbicide glyphosate (GlyP) in water. A competitive assay among carboxylate-functionalized polythiophene, Cu²⁺, and GlyP was employed as a sensing mechanism. Molecular recognition phenomena and electrical double layer (EDL) (at the polymer/water interface) originated from the field-effect worked cooperatively to amplify the sensitivity for GlyP. The limit of detection of WG-OTFT (0.26 ppm) was lower than that of a fluorescence sensor chip (0.95 ppm) which is the conventional sensing method. In contrast to the previously reported insulated molecular wires to block interchain interactions, molecular aggregates under the field-effect has shown to be effective for amplification of sensitivity through “intra”- and “inter”-molecular wire effects. The opposite strategy in this study could pave the way for fully utilizing the sensing properties of polymer-based solid-state sensor devices.