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N,N'-Bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)-1,6,9,13-tetra(5-
hexylthiophen-2-yl)-terrylene-3,4:11,12-tetracar-
boxidiimide (AHTDI 2) In a glove box filled with
dry nitrogen, tetrabromoterrylenedicarboximide (150
mg, 0.13 mmol), tributyl(5-hexylthiophen-2-yl)stannane
(596 mg, 1.30 mmol), toluene (25 mL) and DMF (5 mL)
were mixed. Then Pd(PPh3)4 (18 mg, 0.016 mmol) was
added. The mixture was stirred under nitrogen for 24 h
at 90 ℃. After cooling to room temperature, the reac-
tion mixture was poured into a 500 mL separatory fun-
nel, and extracted with 100 mL 5% (by mass) potassium
fluoride solution and 80 mL dichloromethane. The or-
ganic layer was collected and separated with 5% (by
mass) potassium fluoride solution and the solvent was
removed under reduced pressure. The residue was puri-
fied by column chromatography eluting with CH2Cl2
dichloromethane are shown in Figure 1 and the photo-
physical data are summarized in Table 1. The UV-Vis
spectra of the AHTDIs show a multipeak band with de-
fined structures. The absorption maximum of TDI ap-
peared at 652 nm, along with two higher vibronic tran-
sitions located at 598 and 550 nm. The absorption bands
of AHTDIs are red-shifted after connected with four
aromatic heterocycles in the bay region of the terrylene
diimide core. With four thiofuran units in the bay region,
AHTDI 2 has a significantly red-shifted absorbance
maximum at 752 nm, with three low absorption bands at
680, 509 and 400 nm. Replacing four thiofuran units in
the bay region of the terrylene by four furan units, the
π-π* transition absorption of AHTDI 3 is red shifted to
762 nm. Both the absorbance maximums of AHTDIs
were red-shifted by more than 100 nm to near-infrared
region compared with TDI. The large red-shifted maxi-
mum absorbance of AHTDIs may be attributed to small
dihedral angle and the reinforcing of the conjugation
between terrylene diimides core and the aromatic het-
erocycles on the bay region.[17] The dihedral angle of
1,2-diaryl-benzene is usually larger than the dihedral
angle of 1,2-diaryl-thiophene.[18,19] Furthermore, the
introduction of aryl substituents on the TDI core pro-
duces line broadening in the absorption spectrum and
less pronounced vibronic fine structure (Figure 1).[20]
The spectral-broadening phenomena have been reported
elsewhere for a twisted perylene bisimide[21] and
hexaazatriphenylene.[22]
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and hexane to get dark green solid. 122 mg, 63%; H
NMR (600 MHz, CDCl3) δ: 8.67 (s, 4H), 7.92 (s, 4H),
7.51 (t, J=7.8 Hz, 2H), 7.38 (d, J=7.8 Hz, 4H), 7.11 (d,
J=3.6 Hz, 4H), 6.79 (d, J=3.0 Hz, 4H), 2.83 (t, J=7.2
Hz, 8H), 2.80-2.78 (m, 4H), 1.70-1.65 (m, 8H), 1.39
-1.36 (m, 8H), 1.32-1.29 (m, 16H), 1.21 (d, J=6.6
Hz, 24H), 0.89-0.87 (m, 12H); 13C NMR (150 MHz,
CDCl3) δ: 163.7, 148.5, 145.7, 141.9, 136.2, 135.0,
132.9, 130.9, 130.8, 130.0, 129.6, 129.2, 128.5, 128.2,
126.8, 125.3, 124.1, 120.5, 31.6, 31.6, 30.3, 29.2, 28.7,
24.0, 22.6, 14.1; MS (MALDI-TOF) cacld for MH+:
1500.13, found 1499.6455.
N,N'-Bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)-1,6,9,13-tetra-
(5-methylfuran-2-yl)-terrylene-3,4:11,12-tetracarboxi-
diimide (AHTDI 3) In a glove box filled with dry
nitrogen, tetrabromoterrylenedicarboximide (300 mg,
0.26 mmol), tributyl(5-methylfuran-2-yl)stannane (774
mg, 2.09 mmol), toluene (50 mL), and DMF (5 mL)
were mixed. Then Pd(PPh3)4 (36 mg, 0.031 mmol) was
added. The mixture was stirred under nitrogen for 24 h
at 90 ℃. After cooling to room temperature, the reac-
tion mixture was poured into a 500 mL separatory fun-
nel, and extracted with 100 mL 5% (by mass) potassium
fluoride solution and 80 mL dichloromethane. The or-
ganic layer was collected and separated with 5% (by
mass) potassium fluoride solution and the solvent was
removed under reduced pressure. The residue was puri-
fied by column chromatography eluting with CH2Cl2
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TDI
AHTDI 2
AHTDI 3
1.0
0.5
0.0
400
500
600
700
800
900
Wavelength/nm
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and hexane to get dark purple solid. 242 mg, 80%; H
Figure 1 UV-Vis absorption spectra of the TDI and AHTDIs in
dichloromethane.
NMR (600 MHz, CDCl3) δ: 8.76 (s, 4H), 7.54 (t, J=7.8
Hz, 2H), 7.42 (s, 4H), 7.39 (d, J=7.8 Hz, 4H), 6.81 (d,
J=3.6 Hz, 4H), 6.23 (d, J=2.4 Hz, 4H), 2.82-2.77 (m,
4H), 2.21 (s, 12H), 1.22 (d, J=7.2 Hz, 24H); 13C NMR
(150 MHz, CDCl3) δ: 163.7, 153.0, 152.6, 145.7, 134.7,
133.8, 130.8, 130.7, 130.4, 129.6, 129.3, 128.4, 128.1,
127.4, 124.1, 120.8, 110.9, 108.7, 29.2, 24.0, 13.6; MS
The aggregation behavior of TDI and AHTDIs in
toluene solution was studied by the changes in the ab-
sorption extinction coefficient at different concentra-
tions, and the concentration-dependent UV-Vis absorp-
tion spectroscopy as shown in Figure 2.
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Due to the aggregation, a non-Lambert-Beer law
behavior was observed for the investigated compound
TDI. Upon increasing the concentration from 1.0×10−6
to 1.0×10−4 mol•L−1, the extinction coefficient (0-0
transition) of TDI decreased by 27% (7.3×10−4 to 5.3×
10−4 L•mol−1•cm−1). This indicates that the TDI
(MALDI-TOF) cacld for MH : 1155.34, found
1155.5187.
Results and Discussion
The UV-Vis absorption spectra of the AHTDIs in
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