Photoisomerization of 1-Phenyl-2-(pyridin-2-yl)indole BMes2: The Dark Isomer

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作者
Amarne, Hazem [1 ]
Baik, Chul [1 ]
Wang, Rui-Yao [1 ]
Wang, Suning [1 ]
机构
[1] Queens Univ, Dept Chem, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
基金
加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;
关键词
OPTICAL-PROPERTIES; POLYMERS; DESIGN;
D O I
10.1021/om101111p
中图分类号
O61 [无机化学];
学科分类号
070301 ; 081704 ;
摘要
A new member of photochromic N,C-chelate organoboron compounds, BMes2(Py-N-Ph-In) (1), where Mes = mesityl, Py-N-Ph-In = 1-Ph-2-(2-Py)-indolyl, has been synthesized, and its photo-thermal isomerization properties have been investigated. Upon irradiation by UV light (365 nm), compound 1 isomerizes to compound 1a, changing color from light yellow to dark turquoise-green with the disappearance of the green fluorescence of 1. This process involves the breaking/formation of a B-C bond and a C-C bond and is thermally reversible. Compound la finally allowed us to obtain suitable crystals. The crystals of the dark isomer la were isolated, and its structure was determined by a single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis, which confirms the formation of a C-C bond between the indolyl ring and a mesityl ring, the dearomatization of the mesityl ring, and the presence of a BC2 triangle in la. NMR and DFT computational data further support that la is an analogue of the dark isomers generated from previously reported N,C-chelate BMes2 compounds.
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