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Multichannel-Emissive V-Shaped Boryl-BODIPY Dyads: Synthesis, Structure, and Remarkably Diverse Response toward Fluoride

Swamy, Chinna Ayya P and Mukherjee, Sanjoy and Thilagar, Pakkirisamy (2014) Multichannel-Emissive V-Shaped Boryl-BODIPY Dyads: Synthesis, Structure, and Remarkably Diverse Response toward Fluoride. In: INORGANIC CHEMISTRY, 53 (10). pp. 4813-4823.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ic402470a

Abstract

Three new V-shaped boryl-BODIPY dyads (1-3) were synthesized and structurally characterized. Compounds 1-3 are structurally close molecular siblings differing only in the number of methyl substituents on the BODIPY moiety that were found to play a major role in determining their photophysical behavior. The dyads show rare forms of multiple-channel emission characteristics arising from different extents of electronic energy transfer (EET) processes between the two covalently linked fluorescent chromophores (borane and BODIPY units). Insights into the origin and nature of their emission behavior were gained from comparison with closely related model molecular systems and related photophysical investigations. Because of the presence of the Lewis acidic triarylborane moiety, the dyads function as highly selective and sensitive fluoride sensors with vastly different response behaviors. When fluoride binds to the tricoordinate borane center, dyad 1 shows gradual quenching of its BODIPY-dominated emission due to the ceasing of the (borane to BODIPY) EET process. Dyad 2 shows a ratiometric fluorescence response for fluoride ions. Dyad 3 forms fluoride-induced nanoaggregates that result in fast and effective quenching of its fluorescence intensity just for similar to 0.3 ppm of analyte (i.e., 0.1 equiv 0.26 ppm of fluoride). The small structural alterations in these three structurally close dyads (1 - 3) result in exceptionally versatile and unique photophysical behaviors and remarkably diverse responses toward a single analyte, i.e., fluoride ion.

Item Type: Journal Article
Publication: INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Publisher: AMER CHEMICAL SOC
Additional Information: Copyright for this article belongs to the AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 1155 16TH ST, NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20036 USA
Department/Centre: Division of Chemical Sciences > Inorganic & Physical Chemistry
Date Deposited: 24 Jun 2014 05:59
Last Modified: 24 Jun 2014 05:59
URI: http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/49300

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