title: 1,3-bicyclo[1.1.1]pentanediyl: the shortest rigid linear connector of phenylated photochromic units and a 1,5-dimethoxy-9,10-di(phenylethynyl)anthracene fluorophore.
abstract: An excess of bis-1,3-(4-iodophenyl)bicyclo[1.1.1]pentane, prepared in 63 % yield by iodination of 1,3-diphenylbicyclo[1.1.1]pentane, was selectively mono-coupled with 9-ethynyl-1,5-dimethoxy-10-phenylethynylanthracene (26), and subsequently with the zinc derivatives of 1-(2-methyl/methoxy-4-methyl-5-phenylthiophen-3-yl)-2-(2-methyl/methoxy-4-methylthiophen-3-yl)perfluorocyclopentenes (38-H-41-H). Regioselective synthesis of the 2-unsubstituted thiophenes 38-H-41-H required intermediate preparation of 2-trimethylsilyl-3,5-dimethyl-4-bromothiophene (37) or 2-trimethylsilyl-5-methoxy-3-methyl-4-bromothiophene (40). Protection of the alpha-position of the thiophene ring with a 2-trimethylsilyl group blocks the rearrangement of the 4-lithio derivatives into the corresponding 2-lithiated thiophenes. With the bicyclo[1.1.1]pentane fragment linking the photochromic units 1-3 and 1,5-dimethoxy-9,10-di(phenylethynyl)anthracene as a fluorescent part, quantitative resonance energy transfer between the excited state of the fluorophore (donor) and the closed form of the photochromic units 1-3 (acceptors) was observed. The closed forms of the methoxy-substituted photochromic units 2 and 3 are less resistant to UV light (313 nm) than the closed form of 1.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Organische und Biomolekulare Chemie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Tammannstrasse 2, 37077 Göttingen, Germany. armin.demeijere@chemie.uni-goettingen.de
authors.forename: Armin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: de Meijere
authors.forename: Ligang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Vladimir N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Belov
authors.forename: Mariano
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bossi
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Noltemeyer
authors.forename: Stefan W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Hell
mesh_terms: D000873:Anthracenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D001643:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000737:chemistry*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
chemical_list: C519951:1,5-dimethoxy-9,10-di(phenylethynyl)anthracene; D000873:Anthracenes; D001643:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes