Conformation-dependent Luminescence and Thermal Phase Transition of Crystals of a Tetrahydropentalene Derivative Bearing Aromatic Rings with Frustrated Free Rotation

05 May 2025, Version 1
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Abstract

Results of a study exploring the solid-state photoluminescence properties of two crystalline polymorphs (O-form (orange prism) and R-form (red prism)) of 1,4-bis(dicyanomethylidene)-2,2,5,5-tetramethyl-3,6-bis(4-methoxyphenyl)-1,2,4,5-tetrahydropentalene (BTP-An) are reported. The O-form was found to display more quantum efficient photoluminescence in a shorter-wavelength region compared to that of the R-form. X-ray crystallographic analysis suggests that a unique conformation with largely-rotated 4-methoxyphenyl (anisyl) groups and suppression of free rotation of the dicyanomethylene groups are likely responsible for the shorter wavelength and higher quantum yield for photoluminescence from the O-form. Also, the thermally metastable O-form undergoes phase transition to generate the R-form upon either heating or exposure to organic solvent vapors.

Keywords

donor–acceptor system
solid-state emission
crystalline polymorph

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