Formation of a Fluorous/Organic Biphasic Supramolecular Octopus Assembly for Enhanced Porphyrin Phosphorescence in Air

  • Chi Yang
  • , Ravi K. Arvapally
  • , Sammer M. Tekarli
  • , Gustavo A. Salazar
  • , Oussama Elbjeirami
  • , Xiaoping Wang
  • , Mohammad A. Omary

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    Abstract

    The trinuclear triangle-shaped system [tris{3,5-bis(heptafluoropropyl)-1,2,4-triazolatosilver(I)}] (1) and the multi-armed square-shaped metalloporphyrin PtOEP or the free porphyrin base H2OEP serve as excellent octopus hosts (OEP=2,3,7,8,12,13,17,18-octaethyl-21H,23H-porphine). Coupling of the fluorous/organic molecular octopi 1 and H2OEP or PtOEP by strong quadrupole–quadrupole and metal–π interactions affords the supramolecular assemblies [1⋅PtOEP] or [1⋅H2OEP] (2 a), which feature nanoscopic cavities surrounding the upper triangular and lower square cores. The fluorous/organic biphasic configuration of [1⋅PtOEP] leads to an increase in the phosphorescence of PtOEP under ambient conditions. Guest molecules can be included in the biphasic double-octopus assembly in three different site-selective modes.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)4842-4846
    Number of pages5
    JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
    Volume54
    Issue number16
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Apr 13 2015

    Funding

    Support by the U.S. National Science Foundation (CHE-1413641, CHE-0911690, CMMI-0963509, and CHE-0840518) and the Robert A. Welch Foundation (Grant B-1542) is gratefully acknowledged. X.P.W. acknowledges support by the Scientific User Facilities Division, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, U.S. Department of Energy (DE-AC05-00OR22725) managed by UT Battelle, LLC.

    Keywords

    • fluorine
    • heterocycles
    • luminescent materials
    • porphyrins
    • supramolecular chemistry

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