10.1016/j.dyepig.2019.107689
This study investigates the design, synthesis, and properties of two torsional donor-acceptor cross-shaped luminophores, FB-CTPAEB and DFB-CTPAEB. These compounds exhibit unique intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) and solid-state fluorescence behaviors, and have high solid-state luminescence efficiencies (up to 0.693 and 0.442, respectively). 4,4''-Bis(trifluoromethyl)-[1,1':4',1''-terphenyl]-2',5'-dicarboxaldehyde (3a), prepared from 2,5-dibromoterephthalaldehyde and aromatic boronic acid 2a via Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reaction, is an intermediate for the synthesis of FB-CTPAEB. 3,3'',5,5''-Tetrakis(trifluoromethyl)-[1,1':4',1''-terphenyl]-2',5'-dicarboxaldehyde (3b), prepared from 2,5-dibromoterephthalaldehyde and aromatic boronic acid 2b via Suzuki-Miyaura coupling, is an intermediate compound used in the synthesis of DFB-CTPAEB. 2-(4-(Diphenylamino)phenyl)acetonitrile is used as the donor moiety in the Knoevenagel condensation reaction to form the final cruciform luminophore. 2,5-Dibromoterephthalaldehyde is the starting material for the synthesis of cruciform luminophores.