title: Bifunctional cross-conjugated luminescent phosphines and phosphine derivatives: phospha-cruciforms.
abstract: Cross-conjugated bifunctional species including a phosphine, phosphine oxide, phosphine sulfide, phosphonium salt, phosphorus ylide and a gold(I) phosphine complex have been prepared. The photophysical characteristics of the series of compounds have been determined experimentally and are discussed/compared with simpler analogues lacking cross-conjugated branches and rationalized on the basis of DFT calculations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Center for Optical Materials Science and Engineering Technologies (COMSET), Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634. rhett@clemson.edu.
authors.forename: Anshuman
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mangalum
authors.forename: Rhett C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Smith