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Experimental Section
Typical synthetic procedure (preparation of compound 3d, entry 4 in
Table 1): In a 20 mL two-necked flask were added 4-bromobenzotrifluor-
ide
ACHTUNGTREN(NUNG 2d) (1.5 mmol, 338 mg), 2-carboxyindole 1a (0.5 mmol, 87 mg), Pd-
AHCTNUGTERNNG(UN OAc)2 (0.025 mmol, 5.6 mg), PCy3 (0.05 mmol, 14 mg), Cs2CO3 (2 mmol,
652 mg), and o-xylene (2.5 mL). The resulting mixture was stirred under
N2 (balloon) at 1708C (bath temperature) for 4 h. Compound 3d
(163 mg, 78%) was isolated by filtration of the mixture through a filter
paper by using diethyl ether as eluent, followed by evaporation of the
solvents, and chromatography on silica gel using hexane–ethyl acetate
(98:2, v/v). M.p. 170–1728C; 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): d=3.69 (s,
3H), 7.23 (t, J=6.6 Hz, 1H), 7.34–7.38 (m, 3H), 7.44 (d, J=7.3 Hz, 3H),
7.53 (d, J=8.5 Hz, 2H), 7.67 (d, J=8.0 Hz, 2H), 7.75 ppm (d, J=8.0 Hz,
1H); 13C NMR (100 MHz, CDCl3): d=31.1, 109.9, 114.8, 119.5, 121.0,
123.1, 124.0 (q, J=270 Hz), 124.4 (q, J=270 Hz), 125.3 (q, J=3.8 Hz),
125.6 (q, J=3.8 Hz), 126.6, 127.8 (q, J=32 Hz), 130.4, 129.5 (q, J=
32 Hz), 131.4, 135.2, 136.6, 137.7, 138.6 ppm; elemental analysis calcd
(%) for C23H15F6N: C 65.87, H 3.61, N 3.34; found: C 65.60, H 3.59, N
3.36.
Figure 1. Photoluminescence spectra of the powders of 1-methyl-2,3-di-
ACHTUNGTRENNUNGarylindoles 3 and 8.
highly luminescent with emission maxima at 436 nm and
422 nm and with quantum yields of 0.90 and 0.97, in solution
and as a solid, respectively. The quantum efficiency of the
solid samples decreased in the following order: 3d>8e>
3a>8b>3c. This trend is the same as that in solution. In
each case, the discrepancy between the emission maxima in
solution and in the solid state is relatively small. These facts
suggest that the solid-state luminescence in each case is es-
sentially based on the intrinsic structure and electronic con-
jugation of individual molecules. This was, at least in the
case of 3d, supported by the crystal structure and packing
determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction (Figure 2).[17]
Acknowledgements
This work was partly supported by Grants-in-Aid from the Ministry of
Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology, Japan and by coop-
erative research with Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. We thank Prof. N.
Tohnai of Osaka University for the measurement of solid photolumines-
cence spectra.
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The torsion angles between the indole plane and the C2 and
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In summary, physically and biologically interesting 2,3-di-
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