Amplified excited state intramolecular proton transfer fluorescence of butterfly-shaped bis-2,6-dibenzothiazolylphenol

Methods and Applications in Fluorescence
Xuan Zhang, Wei-Wei Ma

Abstract

A butterfly-shaped benzothiazole derivative, bis-2,6-dibenzothiazolylphenol (2), was synthesized via 4-methylene bridging two 2,6-dibenzothiazolylphenol (1) molecules, and the excited-state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) fluorescence of 1 and 2 were comparably investigated by steady-state spectroscopic experiments with the aid of theoretical simulations for structure and energy. It was found that 2 showed similar ESIPT emissions to those of 1 in solution and solid states, but the ESIPT fluorescence quantum yield was substantially amplified in the case of the more 'integrated' 2. In both tetrahydrofuran (THF) and CHCl3 solvents, ESIPT occurred and orange emissions at 580-590 nm from keto tautomers were observed, where the absolute fluorescence quantum yield was measured to be 0.28 and 0.41 for 1, as well as 0.41 and 0.59 for 2, respectively. In the solid state, 2 showed an ESIPT emission at 570 nm with an absolute fluorescence quantum yield of 0.38, which is substantially shorter and larger than the corresponding values of 1 (592 nm and 0.26) respectively. Furthermore, both 2 and 1 showed strongly blue-shifted green emissions around 520 nm from the deprotonated anion species in N,N-dimethyl formamide (DMF). A similar blu...Continue Reading

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