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Three-Component Synthesis and Photophysical Properties of Novel Coumarin-Based Merocyanines
Julian Papadopoulos1, Kay Merkens1, Thomas J J Müller1
1Institut für Organische Chemie und Makromolekulare Chemie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstraße 1, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Abstract:
Novel E-configured coumarin-based merocyanines were efficiently synthesized by a one-pot, three-component Sonogashira coupling-Michael addition starting from triflyl coumarins, terminal alkynes and secondary amines. The photophysical properties of the synthesized yellow to orange merocyanines were studied by UV/Vis and fluorescence spectroscopy and rationalized by Hammett-Taft correlations and DFT and TD-DFT calculations. Most compounds were only weakly fluorescent in solution; however, two compounds were investigated in more detail with respect to their aggregation behavior. The system for R2 =H and NR23 =pyrrolidinyl shows aggregation induced emission at a water content of 40-60 % in methanol, while the chromophore with R2 =p-Me2 NC6 H4 and NR23 =morpholinyl displays considerable aggregation induced emission enhancement with a concomitant redshift at increasing water contents in THF.
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