Donor-Acceptor Substituted Benzo-, Naphtho- and Phenanthro-Fused Norbornadienes
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2020

The photochromic norbornadiene/quadricyclane (NBD/QC) couple has found interest as a molecular solar thermal energy (MOST) system for storage of solar energy. To increase the energy difference between the two isomers, we present here the synthesis of a selection of benzo-fused NBD derivatives that contain an aromatic unit, benzene, naphthalene or phenanthrene, fused to one of the NBD double bonds, while the carbon atoms of the other double bond are functionalized with donor and acceptor groups. The synthesis protocols involve functionalization of benzo-fused NBDs with bromo/chloro substituents followed by a subjection of these intermediates to a cyanation reaction (introducing a cyano acceptor group) followed by a Sonogashira coupling (introducing an arylethynyl donor group, -CCC6H4NMe2 or -CCC6H4OMe). While the derivatives have good absorption properties in the visible region (redshifted relative to parent system) in the context of MOST applications, they lack the ability to undergo NBD-to-QC photoisomerization, even in the presence of a photosensitizer. It seems that loss of aromaticity of the fused aromatics is too significant to allow photoisomerization to occur. The concept of destroying aromaticity of a neighboring moiety as a way to enhance the energy density of the NBD/QC couple thus needs further structural modifications, in the quest for optimum MOST systems.

quadricyclane

ring strain

Sonogashira coupling

aromaticity

polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon

cycloaddition

norbornadiene

solar energy storage

chromophore

photoswitch

Författare

Mads Manso

Köpenhamns universitet

Chalmers, Kemi och kemiteknik, Tillämpad kemi

Lorette Fernandez

Zhihang Wang

Chalmers, Kemi och kemiteknik, Tillämpad kemi

Kasper Moth-Poulsen

Chalmers, Kemi och kemiteknik, Tillämpad kemi

Mogens Brøndsted Nielsen

Köpenhamns universitet

Molecules

1420-3049 (ISSN) 14203049 (eISSN)

Vol. 25 2 322

Ämneskategorier

Oorganisk kemi

Teoretisk kemi

Organisk kemi

DOI

10.3390/molecules25020322

PubMed

31941131

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