title: Diphenyloligothiophene-based dichromophoric macrocycles and their ability to form donor/acceptor complexes.
abstract: A series of four dichromophoric rigid macrocycles 6a-6d, two with diphenyloligothiophene chromophores, the other two with more electron-rich diphenyl-EDOT or diphenyl-bis-EDOT chromophores, have been synthesized. The absorption spectrum of the diphenyl-bis-EDOT based macrocycle 6d displayed the most pronounced vibronic resolution with a well-resolved 0-0 transition, indicating a fully planarized geometry of the diphenyl-bis-EDOT chromophores. The (1)H NMR spectra of the macrocycles displayed weak to moderate chemical shifts of characteristic signals upon addition of pi-conjugated oligonitro-9-fluorenone acceptors. X-ray single-crystal analysis showed that columnar pi-stacked donor/acceptor complexes are formed with the stacks composed of alternating donor and acceptor molecules. The stoichiometry of the crystalline, dark-colored complexes was found to be 1:1 by elemental analysis and integration of the (1)H NMR peaks. The complex formation is accompanied by remarkably large Stern-Volmer constants of fluorescence quenching.
authors.affiliation: Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Makromolekulare Chemie und Institut für Polymertechnologie, Gauss-Strasse 20, D-42097 Wuppertal, Germany. gaodeqing@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Deqing
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Bernhard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Köhler
authors.forename: Ullrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Scherf