title: Synthesis and photophysical properties of models for twisted PRODAN and dimethylaminonaphthonitrile.
abstract: The synthesis and photophysical properties of 7-cyano-3,4-dihydro-2H-1,4-ethano-benzo[g]quinoline and 3,4-dihydro-2H-1,4-ethano-7-propionyl-benzo[g]quinoline are reported. These compounds possess a quinuclidine substructure that locks the tertiary amino group perpendicular to the naphthalene ring. Their excited states are models for the twisted excited states of 2-(dimethylamino)-6-naphthonitrile (DMANN) and 6-propionyl-2-(dimethylamino)naphthlene (PRODAN). In contrast to DMANN and PRODAN, the fluorescence of these twisted derivatives is strongly deactivated in polar solvents. Neither DMANN nor PRODAN likely emit from TICT excited states.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187-8795, USA.
authors.forename: Brittany N
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: Christopher J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Abelt