title: Synthesis and fluorescence emission of neutral and anionic di- and tetra-carboranyl compounds.
abstract: A new family of photoluminescent neutral and anionic di-carboranyl and tetra-carboranyl derivatives have been synthesized and characterized. The reaction of α,α'-bis(3,5-bis(bromomethyl)phenoxy-m-xylene with 4 equiv. of the monolithium salt of 1-Ph-1,2-C(2)B(10)H(11) or 1-Me-1,2-C(2)B(10)H(11) gives the neutral tetracarboranyl-functionalized aryl ether derivatives closo-1 and closo-2, respectively. The addition of the monolithium salt of 1-Ph-1,2-closo-C(2)B(10)H(11) to α,α,'-dibromo-m-xylene or 2,6-dibromomethyl-pyridine gives the corresponding di-carboranyl derivatives closo-3 and closo-4. These compounds, which contain four or two closo clusters, were degraded using the classical method, KOH in EtOH, affording the corresponding nido species, which were isolated as potassium or tetramethylammonium salts. All the compounds were characterized by IR, (1)H, (11)B and (13)C NMR spectroscopy, and the crystal structure of closo-3 was analysed by X-ray diffraction. The carboranyl fragments are bonded through CH(2) units to different organic moieties, and their influence on the photoluminescent properties of the final molecules has been studied. All the closo- and nido-carborane derivatives exhibit a blue emission under ultraviolet excitation at room temperature in different solvents. The fluorescence properties of these closo and nido-derivatives depend on the substituent (Ph or Me) bonded to the C(cluster), the solvent polarity, and the organic unit bearing the carborane clusters (benzene or pyridine). In the case of nido-derivatives, an important effect of the cation is also observed.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Ciencia de Materiales de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Campus de la UAB, 08193, Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain.
authors.forename: Frédéric
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lerouge
authors.forename: Albert
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ferrer-Ugalde
authors.forename: Clara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Viñas
authors.forename: Francesc
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Teixidor
authors.forename: Reijo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sillanpää
authors.forename: Arturo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abreu
authors.forename: Elba
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Xochitiotzi
authors.forename: Norberto
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Farfán
authors.forename: Rosa
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Santillan
authors.forename: Rosario
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Núñez
mesh_terms: D001896:Boron Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D049408:Luminescent Agents / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008958:Models, Molecular; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence
chemical_list: D001896:Boron Compounds; D049408:Luminescent Agents