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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
51
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-12-20
pubmed:abstractText
The bifunctional conjugated organoboranes Ar2B-bt-BAr2, which contain 2,2'-bithiophene (bt) linkers and different aryl substituents on boron (3: Ar = p-tBuC6H4; 4: Ar = C6F5; 5: Ar = C6F5, Fc; Fc = ferrocenyl), have been synthesized. The electronic communication between the boron centers and cooperativity effects in the binding of pyridine have been investigated by a comprehensive study using X-ray crystallography, DFT calculations, cyclic voltammetry, 1H and 19F NMR, and UV visible absorption and emission spectroscopy. A comparison of the single-crystal X-ray structures of 4 and 4Py2 revealed a strongly diminished bond alternation in the thiophene rings for 4, indicative of a high degree of electronic delocalization. DFT calculations are in good agreement with the structural features determined from the X-ray analysis and, consistent with the experimental absorption and emission data, predict a smaller HOMO-LUMO gap for green luminescent 4 in comparison to blue luminescent 3. The complexation of pyridine to the two boron centers was further investigated by 1H and 19F NMR for 4 and by 1H NMR and UV-visible absorption spectroscopy for 3. We found that binding of the first pyridine molecule to one of the boryl groups significantly lowers the Lewis acidity of the other boryl group. For 3, the interaction parameter a, which provides a measure of communication between the boron sites, was determined to be a = 0.23 by UV-visible titration and 0.21 by 1H NMR spectroscopy. Further enhanced electronic communication was observed for the more highly Lewis acidic fluorinated derivative 4, for which a = 0.025 according to 19F and 1H NMR spectroscopy.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0002-7863
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
27
pubmed:volume
128
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
16554-65
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Electronic communication and negative binding cooperativity in diborylated bithiophenes.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Chemistry, Rutgers University-Newark, 73 Warren Street, Newark, NJ 07102, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't