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Saucer[ n ]arenes: Synthesis, Structure, Complexation, and Guest‐Induced Circularly Polarized Luminescence Property
Author(s) -
Li Jing,
Zhou HeYe,
Han Ying,
Chen ChuanFeng
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
angewandte chemie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1521-3757
pISSN - 0044-8249
DOI - 10.1002/ange.202108209
Subject(s) - chemistry , luminescence , chirality (physics) , moiety , circular dichroism , crystallography , stereochemistry , crystal structure , methylene , medicinal chemistry , materials science , physics , symmetry breaking , chiral symmetry breaking , optoelectronics , quantum mechanics , nambu–jona lasinio model
Macrocycles denoted as saucer[n]arenes (n=4,5) were easily synthesized by the one‐pot condensation of 2,7‐dimethoxynaphthalene (2,7‐DMN) and paraformaldehyde in the presence of TFA or catalytic BF 3 ⋅OEt 2 . With 1,1‐dimethylpiperidin‐1‐ium as the template, saucer[4]arene was selectively obtained. Crystal structures show that saucer[n]arenes are all composed of 2,7‐DMN moiety bridged by the methylene groups at 1,6‐positions: all of the 7‐methoxy groups lie on one face, and all of the 2‐methoxy groups lie on the other. Saucer[n]arenes exhibit strong fluorescence properties with the quantum yields of 19.6 % and 23.4 %. They form 1:1 complexes with ammonium salts in both solution and solid state (association constant up to 10 5 M −1 in CDCl 3 ). Chiral quaternary ammonium salts can induce the chirality of the dynamically racemic inherently chiral saucer[n]arenes in solution, and thus show mirror‐imaged circular dichroism signals and circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) properties.