J. Chil. Chem. Soc., 60, Nº 2 (2015)
Synthesis of compound 2-5
ring-closure catalyzed by trifluoromethanesulfonic acid (Scheme1).
To a 250mL two-necked round bottom flask containing compound 2-4
(5.1 g, 9.43 mmol), bis(pinacolato)-diboron (4.78 g, 18.8 mmol), KOAc (3.7
g, 37.7 mmol) and PdCl2(dppf) (0.15 g, 0.184 mmol), 1,4-dioxane (180 mL)
was added with stirring under N protection. The reaction mixture was allowed
to heat 80°C for 24h. Solvent 2was removed by rotary evaporator and then
the residue was diluted with water. The aqueous solution as extracted using
dichloromethane. The organic layer was combined and dried over Na2SO4. The
crude product was purified via column chromatography to afford a light yellow
Linear optical properties
Thermal properties of the synthesized compound TA(TL)-Ph(3)-CBZ
were characterized by thermogravimetric analysis. TA(TL)-Ph(3)-CBZ
exhibits similar decomposition temperature with the synthesized prototypes
of MPA active oligomers N(TL)-Ph(3)-CBZ, TA(TL)-Ph(3)-NPh and (L)-
Ph(3)-NPh.
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powder of 2.94 g with 53% yield. H NMR (400MHz, CDCl3, δ): 8.13 (d, J
= 7.7 Hz, 2H), 8.04 (d, 16 Hz, 2H), 7.57 (m, 4H), 7.43 (m, 4H), 7.28 (m, 2H),
4.44(q, J = 7.2 Hz, 2H), 4.19(q, J = 7.2 Hz, 2H), 1.55 (m, 12H), 1.40 (t, J = 7.1
Hz, 3H), 1.09 (t, J = 7.1 Hz, 3H). 13C NMR (100MHz, CDCl , δ): 168.3, 167.3,
142.1, 140.8, 139.8, 137.2, 136.6, 137.2, 136.6, 134.1, 1334.0, 130.6, 130.0,
126.7, 126.1, 123.5, 120.5, 120.2, 109.8, 84.5, 75.0, 67.1, 61.7 (d), 25.0, 24.9,
24.6. MS(MALDI-TOF, m/z): found 589.2680 [M+H]+.
Synthesis of compound 2-6
Compound 2-5 (2.94 g, 4.99 mmol), TAZ (0.68 g, 1.25 mmol), palladium
(II) acetate (60 mg), triphenylphosphine(0.66 g, 2.5 mmol), 4M potassium
carbonate (5 mL), ethanol (40 mL) and toluene (50 mL) were added to a 250
mL two-necked round bottom flask. The reaction mixture was refluxed at 80°C
with nitrogen protection for 36 hr. After cooling down to room temperature,
the reaction mixture was quenched with water and acidified by 6M HCl (3
mL). Thereafter, it was extracted with 3 portions of ethyl acetate and then dried
over sodium sulphate. Thus, purification of residue was carried out via column
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chromatography to afford a light yellow crystal of 659 mg in yield 31%. H
NMR (400MHz, CDCl3, δ): 9.00 (d, J = 8.2Hz, 6H), 8.16 (m, 12H), 7.74 (m,
18H), 7.53 (m, 12H), 7.37 (t, J = 7.2 Hz, 6H), 4.30 (m, 12H), 1.20 (m, 18H). 13
C
NMR (100MHz, CDCl3, δ): 171.5, 167.8 (d), 144.6, 141.0, 140.8, 139.3, 137.4,
135.7, 133.7 (d), 132.2 (d), 130.1, 129.0 (d), 126.8, 126.1, 123.6, 109.8, 61.7
(d), 14.0. MS(MALDI-TOF, m/z): found 1693.6163 [M+H]+.
Synthesis of TA(TL)-Ph(3)-CBZ
To a dried 250 mL two-necked round bottom flask containing compound
2-6 (659 mg, 0.389 mmol), 1-bromo-4-decylbenzene (3.47 g, 11.67 mmol) and
anhydrous THF (40 mL) with stirring and N protection at -78°C, 2.5M n-BuLi
(3.6 mL, 9.0 mmol)was added dropwise ove2r 20min. The reaction solution was
continued to stir for 2hr with the temperature lower than -70°C then warmed
overnight under ambient temperature and N2 protection. The mixture was then
quenched with hydrochloric acid at 0°C and extracted using three portions of
ethyl acetate. The organic layers were combined, washed with brine and dried
over Na2SO4. A sticky yellow oil was obtained after concentration in vacuo and
then directly used in the next step. To the yellow oil obtained in the previous
step, 40mL dichloromethane was added followed by trifluoromethanesulfonic
acid(0.15 M, 10 mL) in CH2Cl2/THF (100/1). The reaction mixture was
continued to stir for 24 hr at room temperature with N2 protection. The solution
mixture was quenched with water and its organic layer was extracted with two
portions of DCM. The organic layers were combined, washed with H2O and
dried over Na2SO4. The solution was then concentrated by rotary evaporator.
Purification of crude product was carried out by column chromatography with
and obtained yellow solid (477 mg, 0.124 mmol) with the total percentage yield
(2 steps) of 31.2%. 1H NMR (400MHz, CDCl3, δ): 8.74 (m, 6H), 8.15 (d, J =
8H, 6H), 8.0-7.8 (m, 12H), 7.66 (m, 3H), 7.58 (d, J = 8 Hz, 3H), 7.43 (m, 15H),
7.30 (m, 27H), 7.22-7.03 (m, 27H), 2.59 (q, J = 8 Hz, 8H), 1.62 (d, J = 4.5Hz,
21H), 1.26 (m, 168H), 0.87 (q, J = 6.7 Hz, 36H). 13C NMR (100MHz, CDCl3,
δ): 171.5, 167.8 (d), 144.6, 141.0, 140.8, 139.3, 137.4, 135.7, 133.8 (d), 132.5,
132.2 (d), 131.0, 130.1, 129.0 (d), 128.9, 126.8, 126.1, 123.6, 120.5, 120.2,
109.8, 77.2 (t), 68.2, 61.7 (d), 38.8, 30.5, 29.8, 29.0, 23.8, 23.1, 14.2, 14.0,
11.1. MS(MALDI-TOF, m/z): found 3929.7550, requires 3929.7516 [M+H]+.
Figure 5. UV-vis absorption and fluorescence spectra of star-shaped
oligomers in toluene.
The optical properties of newly synthesized compound TA(TL)-Ph(3)-
CBZ were achieved by using UV-Visible and fluorescence spectroscopies.
TA(TL)-Ph(3)-CBZ has good solubility in either chloroform or toluene but
very insoluble in DMF unless heating, which is not suitable to characterize
its linear optical properties in DMF. The linear optical properties were listed
as well as the thermal property in Table-1.The UV-Visible and fluorescence
spectra are shown in Fig.5 and Fig.6.
As shown on the optical spectra Fig.5 and Fig.6, TA(TL)-Ph(3)-CBZ
exhibited a blue shift from the others, which suggests the intramolecular
charge transfer is significantly differ from the prototypes. Absorption below
the 320nm region represents a higher energy acquisition responsible for the
transition from n to π* of the lone pair electron of carbazole moiety. More
intensive absorption between 380 nm and 420 nm depicting the transition of π
to π* of the π-conjugated bridges.
RESULT AND DISCUSSION
Synthesis
The result suggests the carbazole moiety acts differently in terms of electron
inductive effect that means the N-substituted carbazole may largely weakens
its electron withdrawing effect when compared with TA(TL)-Ph(3)-NPh.
The observed derivation can be rationalized by the lower degree of electric
polarization of the π-conjugated system of electron accepting 1,3,5-triazine
core end-capped with carbazole.
TA(TL)-Ph(3)-CBZ has a blue shift on fluorescence spectrum upon
excitation in chloroform when compared with the excitation in toluene, which
suggests solvatochromic effect takes place in emission spectrum conducted
using chloroform.
Theacceptorcorewassynthesizedwiththeyieldof80%bycyclotrimerization
of para-bromobenzonitrile catalyzed by trifluoromethanesulfonic acid. The
compound 2-2 was efficiently synthesized by Ullmann-type condensation
which possessed a high selectivity in giving the mono-substituted, even if the
addition of 2 to 6 equivalent para-dibromobenzene. Hence, a borolyation was
carried out to give the intermediation compound 2-3 which is the precursor used
in synthesizing the compound 2-4 via palladium-catalyzed Suzuki coupling.
Thereafter, a borylation of compound 2-4 was carried out to give the precursor
compound 2-5 in the next step. A three-fold Suzuki coupling was conducted
between compound 2-5 and TAZ to afford compound 2-6 which was converted
to TA(TL)-Ph(3)-CBZ via nucleophilic attack 1-bromo-4-decylbenzene and
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