Electrochemical and spectroscopic properties of twisted dibenzo[g,p]chrysene derivatives

• Tomoya Imai,
• Ryuhei Akasaka,
• Naruhiro Yoshida,
• Toru Amaya and
• Tetsuo Iwasawa

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 963–971, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.96

• twisting results in a slight increase in the HOMO and a slight lowering of the LUMO. The twisting effect is much smaller than the conjugation effect of the MeO group. Absorption spectra of all the substituted DBC derivatives also showed a red-shift as compared to that for DBC-H. Concerning the luminescence

• HOMO to LUMO and HOMO-1 to LUMO+1 (see Tables S1–S6 in Supporting Information File 1). The trend for the order of optical band gap is roughly consistent with that of the HOMO–LUMO gap obtained from DFT calculation [52]. In the photoluminescence spectra, the luminescence of DBC-Br was very weak. On the

Post-synthesis from Lewis acid–base interaction: an alternative way to generate light and harvest triplet excitons

• Hengjia Liu and
• Guohua Xie

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 825–836, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.83

• ) [6][7]. In 2012, Adachi et al. first reported purely organic thermally activated delayed fluorescent (TADF) materials, which achieved nearly 100% exciton utilization via reverse intersystem crossing (RISC) [8]. Meanwhile, novel materials based on new luminescence mechanisms such as hybridized local

• multiple molecules [13]. The exciplex contains new excited states through charge transfer between a donor molecule and an acceptor molecule. This provides a simple way to create new luminescence processes through the intermolecular interactions of existing molecules [14]. It has been reported that new

• emitters can be realized by adding a Lewis acid to a fluorescent conjugated compound [15][16]. Lewis acids are common complexing agents [17] and are frequently used to dope conjugated polymers to enhance their conductivity while the luminescence is completely quenched [18][19]. In contrast, in the presence

Thiophene/selenophene-based S-shaped double helicenes: regioselective synthesis and structures

• Mengjie Wang,
• Lanping Dang,
• Wan Xu,
• Zhiying Ma,
• Liuliu Shao,
• Guangxia Wang,
• Chunli Li and
• Hua Wang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 809–817, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.81

• carbohelicenes has led to the synthesis of double, triple, quadruple, quintuple, and sextuple molecules, the chiro-optical properties of these molecules, such as their circular dichroism (CD) and circularly polarized luminescence (CPL), have also been widely studied [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]. The development of

Effect of a twin-emitter design strategy on a previously reported thermally activated delayed fluorescence organic light-emitting diode

• Ettore Crovini,
• Zhen Zhang,
• Yu Kusakabe,
• Yongxia Ren,
• Yoshimasa Wada,
• Bilal A. Naqvi,
• Prakhar Sahay,
• Tomas Matulaitis,
• Stefan Diesing,
• Ifor D. W. Samuel,
• Wolfgang Brütting,
• Katsuaki Suzuki,
• Hironori Kaji,
• Stefan Bräse and
• Eli Zysman-Colman

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2894–2905, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.197

• luminescence in an OLED is achieved through the radiative decay of electrically generated excitons, high-efficiency devices must be able to harvest both the 25% singlet and 75% triplet excitons to produce light [3]. Distinct from phosphorescent compounds, TADF molecules harvest triplet excitons by converting

• luminescence spectroscopy was used to measure a for solution processed films of 20 wt % DICzTRZ in CzSi. The data were then analyzed via optical simulation to yield and anisotropy factor of 0.53, which disappointingly implies that the emitter presents a strongly vertical orientation (Figure 6); the

Design, synthesis and photophysical properties of novel star-shaped truxene-based heterocycles utilizing ring-closing metathesis, Clauson–Kaas, Van Leusen and Ullmann-type reactions as key tools

• Shakeel Alvi and
• Rashid Ali

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1374–1384, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.96

• macrocycles [31][32]. Moreover, polypyrrolic systems are of extensive interest in numerous areas namely optics, medicine, and supramolecular chemistry in addition to the materials sciences and technology. Fascinatingly, in luminescence as well as fluorescence-based sensors, pyrrole derivatives play a vital

A chromatography-free and aqueous waste-free process for thioamide preparation with Lawesson’s reagent

• Ke Wu,
• Yichen Ling,
• An Ding,
• Liqun Jin,
• Nan Sun,
• Baoxiang Hu,
• Zhenlu Shen and
• Xinquan Hu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 805–812, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.69

• incomparable chelating ability towards selected transition metals, and the corresponding complexes were applied in various areas such as chemical-sensor materials, tunable redox-potential complexes, polymer hybrid luminescence materials, building blocks for multinuclear complexes, and as catalysts for cross

Circularly polarized luminescent systems fabricated by Tröger's base derivatives through two different strategies

• Cheng Qian,
• Yuan Chen,
• Qian Zhao,
• Ming Cheng,
• Chen Lin,
• Juli Jiang and
• Leyong Wang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 52–57, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.6

• luminescence with glum values of +0.0021, and −0.0025, respectively. The second way to fabricate the rac-TBPP-based CPL-active material is to co-gel the fluorescent rac-TBPP with a chiral ᴅ-glutamic acid gelator DGG by co-assembly strategy. At the molar ratio of rac-TBPP/DGG = 1:80, the glum value of the co

• -gel was about three times higher than the glum values of R2N-TBPP and S2N-TBPP enantiomers. Interestingly, the CPL handedness of the rac-TBPP/DGG co-gel could be adjusted effectively by changing their stoichiometric ratios. Keywords: circularly polarized luminescence; chiral resolution; co-gelation

• and applied in practice [4][5][6]. Among them, the fluorescent materials emitting circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) have attracted intensive interest owing to their wide applications in various researching fields including 3D displays, chiroptical materials, and so on [7][8][9][10]. Circular

Synthesis, crystal structures and properties of carbazole-based [6]helicenes fused with an azine ring

• Daria I. Tonkoglazova,
• Anna V. Gulevskaya,
• Konstantin A. Chistyakov and
• Olga I. Askalepova

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 11–21, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.2

• have led to promising applications of helicenes. The latter have been studied with respect to conductivity [12][13][14][15], nonlinear optics [16][17], circularly polarized luminescence [18][19][20][21][22][23][24], organocatalysis [25][26][27][28][29], conformational analysis [30], chirality sensing

Selected peptide-based fluorescent probes for biological applications

• Debabrata Maity

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2971–2982, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.247

• liposomes (molar ratio 12/13 = 1:9, total monomer concentration = 10.0 μM, 25 °C) in 10.0 mM DMSO/TBS (v/v = 1:4, pH 7.4). The insets show the normalized fluorescence intensity at 515 nm vs the concentration of LPS (0–3.6 μM) and the fluorescence turn-on; C) confocal luminescence image for E. coli DH5α

Naphthalonitriles featuring efficient emission in solution and in the solid state

• Sidharth Thulaseedharan Nair Sailaja,
• Iván Maisuls,
• Jutta Kösters,
• Alexander Hepp,
• Andreas Faust,
• Jens Voskuhl and
• Cristian A. Strassert

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2960–2970, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.246

• -containing substituents such as NMe2 possess more electron-donating ability than the S-based moieties such as SMe. Moreover, it was found that NMe2 showed higher luminescence quantum yields (ΦF) in comparison to SMe, indicating that N-substituted groups could enhance the fluorescence intensity. Therefore

• strategies to overcome ACQ. Up to date, various AIE materials with efficient luminescence have been synthesized for diverse applications [28][29][30][31][32]. The discovery of AIE and especially aggregation-induced emission enhancement fluorogens (AIEEgens) further incentivized the synthesis and analysis of

• that H, Me, t-Bu, OMe, SMe and NMe2 represent excellent candidates as DSEgens. The combination of luminescence in both solutions and aggregated state enables future applications, such as data encryption, anti-counterfeiting [43] and non-invasive imaging for 3D tumor spheroids, considering that AIEgens

Using multiple self-sorting for switching functions in discrete multicomponent systems

• Amit Ghosh and
• Michael Schmittel

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2831–2853, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.233

• reversibility was achieved by the addition of the rhodium porphyrin 19 that reversed the system reviving the state SelfSORT-I. Since both self-sorted states exhibited a distinct fluorescence due to the changes at the zinc porphyrin sites, luminescence was used for the selective detection of DABCO in a mixture

• innovative catch–release system with multiple functions combined the ON/OFF-adjustment of silver(I) catalysis and fluorescence monitoring [59]. Actually, the ratiometric luminescence response allowed the exact monitoring of the catalytic activity. In the initial incomplete self-sorting (state SelfSORT-I

• reversed back to the initial state (Figure 15b). Here, all translocations happen in an off-equilibrium system. Since the kinetic evolution of the lithium pulses was followed by color and luminescence changes of the lithium-sensitive probe 36, the system is suited for a multitude of new applications

Selective recognition of ATP by multivalent nano-assemblies of bisimidazolium amphiphiles through “turn-on” fluorescence response

• Rakesh Biswas,
• Surya Ghosh,
• Shubhra Kanti Bhaumik and
• Supratim Banerjee

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2728–2738, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.223

• multiple imidazolium groups to overcome the high hydration enthalpy of phosphates and b) the imidazolium groups are connected to aromatic moieties such as anthracene, pyrene, etc. The variation in the luminescence of the aromatic moieties signals the binding event and furthermore, they provide additional

• buffer and produced nanoaggregates with surface exposed positive charges. Interestingly, the aggregates displayed cyanic green luminescence which originated from the excimeric emission of the stacked pyrenes [57][58][59]. In a recent work, we have demonstrated that self-assembled nanofibrous aggregates

NMR Spectroscopy of supramolecular chemistry on protein surfaces

• Peter Bayer,
• Anja Matena and
• Christine Beuck

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2505–2522, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.203

• be detected by its luminescence [77][78][79]. Overall, while crystal structures provide fantastic insight into molecular interactions of such supramolecular ligands, they do not necessarily reflect the binding situation in solution. Furthermore, to our knowledge no protein co-crystal structures with

• indeed recognize the highly positively charged area on cytochrome c (Cyt c) that binds Cyt c peroxidase. The inhibition of this protein–protein interaction was demonstrated as well using a luminescence quenching assay. The protein surface recognition of two porphyrin ligands bearing carboxylate

Styryl-based new organic chromophores bearing free amino and azomethine groups: synthesis, photophysical, NLO, and thermal properties

• Anka Utama Putra,
• Deniz Çakmaz,
• Nurgül Seferoğlu,
• Alberto Barsella and
• Zeynel Seferoğlu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2282–2296, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.189

• solutions in DMSO. Therefore, they showed potential to be utilized as colorimetric and luminescence pH sensors. The second-order nonlinear optical (NLO) responses of the dyes were measured by the electric field-induced second harmonic (EFISH) generation method. The highest μβ values were obtained for the

Clickable azide-functionalized bromoarylaldehydes – synthesis and photophysical characterization

• Dominik Göbel,
• Marius Friedrich,
• Enno Lork and
• Boris J. Nachtsheim

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1683–1692, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.139

• non-radiative transitions can be achieved by the host–guest method [50][51][52] or by crystallization [53][54][55][56][57]. In difference to the liquid phase, the highly ordered packing and the restriction of molecular motions in the crystalline state favor a persistent luminescence. The promotion of

• , no luminescence was detected for the para derivatives. All ortho derivatives exhibited luminescence neither in solution nor in the solid-state [73]. These observations for the para- and ortho-bromobenzaldehydes indicate that the phosphorescence is quenched in these systems, yielding only a weak

4-Hydroxy-3-methyl-2(1H)-quinolone, originally discovered from a Brassicaceae plant, produced by a soil bacterium of the genus Burkholderia sp.: determination of a preferred tautomer and antioxidant activity

• Dandan Li,
• Naoya Oku,
• Yukiko Shinozaki,
• Yoichi Kurokawa and
• Yasuhiro Igarashi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1489–1494, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.124

• extinction assay [41][42]. This assay quantifies the presence of the most detrimental ROS, hydroxy radical [43][44], as intensity of luminescence emitted by oxidation of luminol. Compound 1 at 10 μM, which is lower than a concentration in production liquid cultures (15 μM), decreased luminescence to 14% of

Synthesis of new fluorescent molecules having an aggregation-induced emission property derived from 4-fluoroisoxazoles

• Kazuyuki Sato,
• Akira Kawasaki,
• Yukiko Karuo,
• Atsushi Tarui,
• Kentaro Kawai and
• Masaaki Omote

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1411–1417, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.117

• -opening reaction of 4-fluoroisoxazoles and exhibited highly fluorescent luminescence and aggregation-induced emission (AIE), showing promise as a new fluorophore. Keywords: aggregation-induced emission; boron ketoiminates; fluorescent probe; α-fluorinated boron ketoiminates; 4-fluoroisoxazoles

• fluorescent luminescence characteristics of 4-fluoroisoxazoles, the synthesis of α-fluorinated boron ketoiminates (F-BKIs), and their photochemical properties. Results and Discussion Synthesis and optical properties of 4-fluorinated isoxazoles Although there is a large number of fluorescent molecules

• luminescence (FL) of the solutions of 6b and 9b exhibited an increase in the emission intensities with increasing water content. It was interesting to note that the excitation maximum of 9b in the aggregated state showed a red-shift by approximately 20 nm based on the incorporation of a single fluorine atom

Synthesis and properties of quinazoline-based versatile exciplex-forming compounds

• Rasa Keruckiene,
• Simona Vekteryte,
• Ervinas Urbonas,
• Matas Guzauskas,
• Eigirdas Skuodis,
• Dmytro Volyniuk and
• Juozas V. Grazulevicius

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1142–1153, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.101

• dilute solutions (10−4–10−5 mol/L) of the compounds were recorded at room (295 K) and low (77 K) temperatures with a luminescence spectrometer Edinburgh Instruments FLS980. Photoluminescence quantum yields (PLQY) of the solutions and thin films of the materials were measured using an integrating sphere

Aryl-substituted acridanes as hosts for TADF-based OLEDs

• Naveen Masimukku,
• Dalius Gudeika,
• Oleksandr Bezvikonnyi,
• Ihor Syvorotka,
• Rasa Keruckiene,
• Dmytro Volyniuk and
• Juozas V. Grazulevicius

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 989–1000, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.88

• explained by the dihedral angle between the acridanyl and naphthyl moieties, that is the largest one among all the studied compounds, leading to a reduction of π-conjugation. This observation explains the distinct ICT character of the luminescence of compound 4. The dihedral angles in the molecules of 3 and

Bipyrrole boomerangs via Pd-mediated tandem cyclization–oxygenation. Controlling reaction selectivity and electronic properties

• Liliia Moshniaha,
• Marika Żyła-Karwowska,
• Joanna Cybińska,
• Piotr J. Chmielewski,
• Ludovic Favereau and
• Marcin Stępień

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 895–903, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.81

• we report that the above Pd-mediated chemistry is capable of producing highly twisted dilactam boomerangs and provide first examples of α-free boomerang systems. These new derivatives are of interest as emitters for both polarized and unpolarized luminescence. Results and Discussion Synthesis The

• polarized luminescence (CPL) measurements performed for enantioenriched samples of cNMI3H reveled weak signals of opposite signs, with a maximum at ca. 570 nm consistent with the unpolarized luminescence of this system (Supporting Information File 1, Figure S6). The CPL signals rapidly decayed during the

Recent advances in photocatalyzed reactions using well-defined copper(I) complexes

• Mingbing Zhong,
• Xavier Pannecoucke,
• Philippe Jubault and
• Thomas Poisson

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 451–481, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.42

• , copper-based photocatalysts are often considered less efficient due to a lower luminescence lifetime compared to Ir and Ru complexes [6]. Review In this review, we summarized the recent significant advances that were made in the use of copper-based photocatalysts for synthetically useful transformations

Synthesis and circularly polarized luminescence properties of BINOL-derived bisbenzofuro[2,3-b:3’,2’-e]pyridines (BBZFPys)

• Ryo Takishima,
• Yuji Nishii,
• Tomoaki Hinoue,
• Yoshitane Imai and
• Masahiro Miura

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 325–336, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.32

• characteristics in the solid state. The crystal structures of the coupling products were also evaluated by single crystal X-ray analysis and the well-ordered intermolecular stacking arrangements appeared to be responsible for the enhanced CPL. Keywords: BINOL; C–H activation; circularly polarized luminescence

• fluorophore unit in certain light-emitting functional materials (Scheme 1) [14]. Meanwhile, organic optoelectronic materials with circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) characteristics have attracted significant research interests in recent years [18][19][20][21] for their potential applications in three

• fluorescence emission bands, whereas the (R)-isomers emitted right-handed CPL to produce the mirror images. The calculated luminescence dissymmetry factors [48] glum for the solutions were all within the range of 3.80 × 10−4 to 6.90 × 10−4. On the other hand, in the dispersed solid state in Fomblin® PFPE

Synthesis and optoelectronic properties of benzoquinone-based donor–acceptor compounds

• Daniel R. Sutherland,
• Nidhi Sharma,
• Georgina M. Rosair,
• Ifor D. W. Samuel,
• Ai-Lan Lee and
• Eli Zysman-Colman

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2914–2921, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.285

• measurements using a combination of TCSPC and MCS techniques (at λPL = 550 nm) revealed two emission decay lifetimes: a prompt component, τp, of 19.4 ns and a very long delayed component, τd, of 352 μs. The two timescales of luminescence are a hallmark of delayed fluorescence behavior (Figure 6). The PL

Emission solvatochromic, solid-state and aggregation-induced emissive α-pyrones and emission-tuneable 1H-pyridines by Michael addition–cyclocondensation sequences

• Natascha Breuer,
• Irina Gruber,
• Christoph Janiak and
• Thomas J. J. Müller

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2684–2703, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.262

• luminescence characteristics (Table 5, entries 2, 4, 6 and 7). The Stokes shifts fall in a range between 5000 and 6100 cm−1 and the fluorescence quantum yields of the 1H-pyridines 5 account between 1 and 3%. Besides solution fluorescence all 1H-pyridines 5 also luminesce in the solid state (Figure 3, bottom

• (solid lines) and emission (dashed lines) spectra of 1H-pyridines 8a and 8b (recorded in dichloromethane at T = 298 K). Solid-state luminescence of 1H-pyridines 5a, 8a and 8b (λexc = 365 nm). α-Pyrones 6 as solids under daylight (top), selected derivatives under UV light (λexc = 365 nm, c(6) = 10−4 M) in

A photochemical determination of luminescence efficiency of upconverting nanoparticles

• Baptiste Amouroux,
• Clément Roux,
• Jean-Claude Micheau,
• Fabienne Gauffre and
• Christophe Coudret

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2671–2677, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.260

• lanthanides used. The main application foreseen for these nanomaterials is as a substitute of quantum dots [3], since the combination of anti-Stokes emission and noncoherent absorption prevent any luminescence background. Their extreme photostability [4] make them also ideal candidates for single particle

• (Jasco, Hamamatsu). A more sophisticated approach involves microscopic techniques, enabling one to determine UCQY even at the single NP scale. A seminal report was published in 2013 by Nadort et al. [20] describing the measurement of the luminescence of Er-doped UCNPs at the single NP or cluster level