One-pot Synthesis and Photophysical Studies of Α-cycloamino-substituted 5-aryl-2,2'-bipyridines

J Fluoresc. 2024 Mar;34(2):579-586. doi: 10.1007/s10895-023-03304-1. Epub 2023 Jun 16.

Abstract

A series of α-cycloamine substituted 2,2'-bipyridines 3ae'-3ce' was obtained via the one-pot approach based on ipso-substitution of a cyano-group in 1,2,4-triazines, followed by aza-Diels-Alder reaction in good yields. Photophysical properties, including fluorosolvatochromism, were studied for 3ae'-3ce' and were compared with α-unsubstituted 2,2'-bipyridines. In addition, dipole moments differences in ground and excited states were calculated by both Lippert-Mataga equation and DFT studies and were compared to each other. The correlation between the size of cycloamine unit and the dipole moments differences value (based on Lippert-Mataga equation) was observed. In addition charge transfer indices (DCT, Λ, H and t) were calculated to demonstrate influence of molecular structure on the intramolecular charge transfer degree.

Keywords: 2,2’-bipyridines; CT-indices; Cycloamines; DFT studies; Fluorosolvatochromism; Lippert-Mataga equation.