Synthesis, structural characterization, and chiroptical properties of planarly and axially chiral boranils

February 8, 2023

Title

Synthesis, structural characterization, and chiroptical properties of planarly and axially chiral boranils

Author

Aurélie Macé, Khaoula Hamrouni, Paola Matozzo, Max Coehlo, Jakub Firlej, Faouzi Aloui, Nicolas Vanthuyne, Elsa Caytan, Marie Cordier, Grégory Pieters, Monika Srebro-Hooper, Fabienne Berrée, Bertrand Carboni, Jeanne Crassous

Year

2023

Journal

Chirality

Abstract

2-Amino[2.2]paracyclophane reacts with salicylaldehyde or 2-hydroxyacetophenone to yield imines that then give access to a new series of boranils (8b–d) upon complexation with BF2. These novel boron-containing compounds display both planar and axial chiralities and were examined experimentally and computationally. In particular, their photophysical and chiroptical properties were studied and compared to newly prepared, simpler boranils (9a–d) exhibiting axial chirality only. Less sophisticated chiral architectures were shown to demonstrate overall stronger circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) activity.

Instrument

LC-2000, CPL-300, P-2000, J-815

Keywords

synthesis, structural characterization, shiroptical