With the goal of understanding the electron transfer mechanism of fluorophore-functionalized pillararenes, a pillar[5]arene bearing two dansyl fluorophore moieties at the opposite rims of its cavity has been synthesized, and the behavior of such a new host molecule has been thoroughly investigated in the presence of an N,N -di-(6-bromohexyl)-viologen derivative. H NMR, NOESY and DOSY experiments demonstrated that the pillar[5]arene recognizes the viologen derivative, forming a 1:1 host-guest complex by including one of the two bromoalkyl chains within its p-rich cavity. Photophysical and electrochemical studies revealed that, upon guest addition to the host, the fluorescence intensity of the complex is progressively quenched by a photoinduced electron transfer process (PET) from one of the dansyl groups of the host to the viologen moiety of the guest.

Photoinduced electron transfer in host-guest interactions of a viologen derivative with a didansyl-pillar[5]arene

I. Pisagatti
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D. Crisafulli;A. Notti;F. Nastasi;M. F. Parisi;G. Gattuso
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2022-01-01

Abstract

With the goal of understanding the electron transfer mechanism of fluorophore-functionalized pillararenes, a pillar[5]arene bearing two dansyl fluorophore moieties at the opposite rims of its cavity has been synthesized, and the behavior of such a new host molecule has been thoroughly investigated in the presence of an N,N -di-(6-bromohexyl)-viologen derivative. H NMR, NOESY and DOSY experiments demonstrated that the pillar[5]arene recognizes the viologen derivative, forming a 1:1 host-guest complex by including one of the two bromoalkyl chains within its p-rich cavity. Photophysical and electrochemical studies revealed that, upon guest addition to the host, the fluorescence intensity of the complex is progressively quenched by a photoinduced electron transfer process (PET) from one of the dansyl groups of the host to the viologen moiety of the guest.
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