TY - JOUR
T1 - Synthesis, photophysical properties and DFT analysis of highly substituted pyrido carbazole-based "push pull'' chromophores
AU - Murali, Karunanidhi
AU - Sparkes, Hazel
AU - Pandiyan, Baskaran V.
AU - Prasad, Karnam J. R.
PY - 2017/8/21
Y1 - 2017/8/21
N2 - A series of new fluorescent pyrido[2,3-a] carbazole derivatives were synthesized in excellent yield through an efficient and single step strategy based on a four-component reaction with 2,3,4,9-tetrahydro-1H-carbazol- 1-one, malononitrile, and aryl/heteroaryl aldehydes as synthetic inputs and sodium ethoxide (NaOEt) as a catalyst in methanol under reflux conditions. The structures of the compounds were established by FT-IR, H-1 NMR, C-13 NMR, X-ray diffraction and elemental analysis. The photophysical features of the synthesized compounds 5(a-q) containing "push-pull'' scaffolds are investigated and reported with the aim of achieving good fluorescent materials. The UV-vis absorption and fluorescence emission of the compounds were studied in solvents of varying polarities and showed an increase in the solvent polarity, which led to an increase in the Stokes shift. This study revealed that the investigated compounds are highly fluorescent molecules (Phi(fl) = 0.27-0.65) with lifetimes in the range of 7-9 ns. Furthermore, we analyzed for band gap energy associated with HOMO-LUMO, through DFT studies.
AB - A series of new fluorescent pyrido[2,3-a] carbazole derivatives were synthesized in excellent yield through an efficient and single step strategy based on a four-component reaction with 2,3,4,9-tetrahydro-1H-carbazol- 1-one, malononitrile, and aryl/heteroaryl aldehydes as synthetic inputs and sodium ethoxide (NaOEt) as a catalyst in methanol under reflux conditions. The structures of the compounds were established by FT-IR, H-1 NMR, C-13 NMR, X-ray diffraction and elemental analysis. The photophysical features of the synthesized compounds 5(a-q) containing "push-pull'' scaffolds are investigated and reported with the aim of achieving good fluorescent materials. The UV-vis absorption and fluorescence emission of the compounds were studied in solvents of varying polarities and showed an increase in the solvent polarity, which led to an increase in the Stokes shift. This study revealed that the investigated compounds are highly fluorescent molecules (Phi(fl) = 0.27-0.65) with lifetimes in the range of 7-9 ns. Furthermore, we analyzed for band gap energy associated with HOMO-LUMO, through DFT studies.
U2 - 10.1039/c7nj00643h
DO - 10.1039/c7nj00643h
M3 - Article (Academic Journal)
VL - 41
SP - 8242
EP - 8252
JO - New Journal of Chemistry
JF - New Journal of Chemistry
SN - 1144-0546
IS - 16
ER -