title: Synthesis of thermally stable acylamino-substituted bicyclic dioxetanes and their base-induced chemiluminescent decomposition.
abstract: Hydroxyaryl-substituted dioxetanes 2-4 fused with a pyrrolidine ring were selectively synthesized by singlet oxygenation of the corresponding dihydropyrroles 5-7. These N-acylamino-substituted bicyclic dioxetanes were quite stable thermally, and 2a and 2b were estimated to possess half-lives of 32 and 34 y at 25 degrees C. When treated with TBAF (tetrabutylammonium fluoride) in DMSO, these dioxetanes underwent charge-transfer-induced decomposition (CTID) to emit yellow-orange light. The chemiluminescence efficiencies Phi(CL) for dioxetanes 2 ranged from 10(-6) to 10(-2). On the other hand, dioxetane 4 bearing a 4-(benzothiazol-2-yl)-3-hydroxyphenyl moiety showed chemiluminescent decomposition with high efficiency (Phi(CL) = 0.15) comparable to its oxy-analogue 26. Prominent characteristics for CTID of the present dioxetanes were that the N-acylamino-group influenced the color of chemiluminescence as well as the rate of decomposition k(CTID), and furthermore an N-acyl substituent could decisively affect the singlet-chemiexcitation efficiency, as observed for the case of 2b.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Kanagawa University, Tsuchiya, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa 259-1293 Japan.
authors.forename: Nobuko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Yusuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sano
authors.forename: Haruna
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Masatoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tanimura
authors.forename: Hisako K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Ijuin
authors.forename: Masakatsu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
mesh_terms: D019086:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D006571:Heterocyclic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D006573:Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring; D008163:Luminescent Measurements; D015394:Molecular Structure; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D019086:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic; D006571:Heterocyclic Compounds; D006573:Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring; C079142:1,2-dioxetane