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Polyhalogenated 2,1,3-Benzochalcogenadiazoles: A Small-Molecule Platform for Multicentered Spin-Orbit Coupling
Ekaterina A Radiush1, Taisiya S Sukhikh2, Yulia S Kosenkova1
1Institute of Organic Chemistry, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation.
Abstract:
2,1,3-Benzochalcogenadiazoles and their halogen derivatives (chalcogen = S, Se, Te; halogen = F, Cl, Br, I) are widely employed in organic optoelectronics as chromophoric/fluorophoric electron-acceptor building blocks. In this work they are specified as an advantageous small-molecule platform for multicentered (Se, Te; Cl, Br, I) spin-orbit coupling (SOC) affecting optical properties of π-organics. Electronic absorption and emission/photoluminescence spectra of 4,7-di- and 4,5,6,7-tetrahalogenated 2,1,3-benzochalcogenadiazoles E/X' and E/X, respectively (E = chalcogen, X = halogen), have been studied in solid-state and THF solutions experimentally and theoretically. It has been found that the nature of E is the key factor controlling the photophysical properties of E/X' and E/X, such as energy levels, Stokes shifts, and the photoluminescence quantum yields, while X serves for further fine tuning of the properties. Combined E and X variation allows target-oriented design of absorptive and emissive materials for metal-free SOC-controlled optoelectronics and emerging spin-orbitronics.
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