Dendrimers with a cyclam core. Absorption spectra, multiple luminescence, and effect of protonation |
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Authors: | Christophe SaudanVincenzo Balzani Paola CeroniMarius Gorka Mauro MaestriFritz Vögtle |
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Institution: | a Dipartimento di Chimica “G. Ciamician”, Università di Bologna, via Selmi 2, I-40126 Bologna, Italy b Kekulé-Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie der Universität Bonn, Gerhard-Domagk Strasse 1, D-53121 Bonn, Germany |
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Abstract: | We have synthesized two dendrimers (4 and 5) consisting of a 1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane (cyclam) core appended with four dimethoxybenzene and eight naphthyl units (4) and 12 dimethoxybenzene and 16 naphthyl units (5). The absorption and luminescence spectra of these compounds and the changes taking place upon protonation of their cyclam core have been investigated. In acetonitrile-dichloromethane 1:1 v/v solution they exhibit three types of emission bands, assigned to naphthyl localized excited states (λmax=337 nm), naphthyl excimers (λmax ca 390 nm), and naphthyl-amine exciplexes (λmax=480 nm). The tetraamine cyclam core undergoes only two protonation reactions, whose constants have been obtained by fitting the spectral changes. Protonation not only prevents exciplex formation for electronic reasons, but also causes strong nuclear rearrangements in the cyclam structure which affect excimer formation between the peripheral naphthyl units of the dendrimers. |
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Keywords: | protonation absorption spectra dendrimers |
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