An Enantiopure Propeller‐Like Trityl‐Brominated Radical: Bringing Together a High Racemization Barrier and an Efficient Circularly Polarized Luminescent Magnetic Emitter

A new persistent organic free radical has been synthetized with Br atoms occupying the ortho‐ and para‐positions of a trityl core. After the isolation of its two propeller‐like atropisomers, Plus (P) and minus (M), their absolute configurations were assigned by a combination of theoretical and exper...

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Autores: Mayorga-Burrezo, Paula, Jiménez, Vicente G., Blasi, Davide, Parella, Teodor, Ratera, Immaculada, Campaña, Araceli G., Veciana, Jaume
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/233350
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/233350
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Bromine substituents
Crcularly polarized luminescence
Racemization barrier
Radicals
Trityl radical
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Sumario:A new persistent organic free radical has been synthetized with Br atoms occupying the ortho‐ and para‐positions of a trityl core. After the isolation of its two propeller‐like atropisomers, Plus (P) and minus (M), their absolute configurations were assigned by a combination of theoretical and experimental data. Remarkably, no hints of racemization were observed up to 60 °C for more than two hours, due to the higher steric hindrance imposed by the bulky Br atoms. Therefore, when compared to its chlorinated homologue (t1/2=18 s at 60 °C), an outstanding stability against racemization was achieved. A circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) response of both enantiomers was detected. This free radical shows a satisfactory luminescent dissymmetry factor (|glum(592 nm)|≈0.7×10−3) despite its pure organic nature and low luminescence quantum yield (LQY). Improved organic magnetic CPL emitters derived from the reported structure can be envisaged thanks to the wide possibilities that Br atoms at para‐positions offer for further functionalization.