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Scale-up Chemical Synthesis of Thermally-activated Delayed Fluorescence Emitters Based on the Dibenzothiophene-S,S-Dioxide Core
Published on: October 24, 2017
2,25-Dioxo-27,28-diphenyl-30-oxa-29-thia-3,10,17,24-tetra-aza-penta-cyclo-[24.2.1.1.0.0]triaconta-5,7,9(4),10,12,14,1
Abstract:
The macrocycle of the title compound, C(36)H(24)N(4)O(3)S·2CHCl(3), contains a rigid framework with the nitro-gen and oxygen heteroatoms pointing in towards the center of the macrocyclic cavity. The macrocycle is essentially planar (r.m.s. deviation = 0.027 Å) except for the thio-phene ring. The dihedral angle between the thio-phene ring plane and the mean plane of the central macrocyclic core including all atoms except sulfur is 21.6 (1)°. Four intra-molecular hydrogen bonds occur: two are between the amide hydrogen atoms and the Schiff base nitro-gen atoms, while the others are between the amide hydrogen atoms and the sulfur atom of the thio-phene. The two solvate chloro-form mol-ecules are bound to the carbonyl oxygen atoms of the ligand by weak C-H⋯O hydrogen bonding. In addition, the structure reveals inter-molecular Cl⋯Cl close contacts [3.308 (2), 3.404 (2) and 3.280 (2) Å] between the chloro-form solvate mol-ecules. In the crystal, the macrocycles form layers parallel to (101), with an inter-layer distance of 3.362 (3) Å. This short distance is determined by the stacking inter-actions between the amide carbonyl and imine fragments of neighboring ligands.
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