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Title

Thermally Stable Nitrothiacalixarene Chromophores: Conformational Study and Aggregation Behavior.

Authors

Muravev, Anton; Gerasimova, Tatiana; Fayzullin, Robert; Babaeva, Olga; Rizvanov, Ildar; Khamatgalimov, Ayrat; Kadirov, Marsil; Katsyuba, Sergey; Litvinov, Igor; Latypov, Shamil; Solovieva, Svetlana; Antipin, Igor

Abstract

Achieving high thermal stability and control of supramolecular organization of functional dyes in sensors and nonlinear optics remains a demanding task. This study was aimed at the evaluation of thermal behavior and Langmuir monolayer characteristics of topologically varied nitrothiacalixarene multichromophores and phenol monomers. A nitration/azo coupling alkylation synthetic route towards partially O-substituted nitrothiacalixarenes and 4-nitrophenylazo-thiacalixarenes was proposed and realized. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and X-ray diffractometry of disubstituted nitrothiacalix[4]arene revealed a rare 1,2-alternate conformation. A synchronous thermal analysis indicated higher decomposition temperatures of nitrothiacalixarene macrocycles as compared with monomers. Through surface pressure/potential-molecular area measurements, nitrothiacalixarenes were shown to form Langmuir monolayers at the air–water interface and, through atomic force microscopy (AFM) technique, Langmuir–Blodgett (LB) films on solid substrates. Reflection-absorption spectroscopy of monolayers and electronic absorption spectroscopy of LB films of nitrothiacalixarenes recorded a red-shifted band (290 nm) with a transition from chloroform, indicative of solvatochromism. Additionally, shoulder band at 360 nm was attributed to aggregation and supported by gas-phase density functional theory (DFT) calculations and dynamic light scattering (DLS) analysis in chloroform–methanol solvent in the case of monoalkylated calixarene 3. Excellent thermal stability and monolayer formation of nitrothiacalixarenes suggest their potential as functional dyes.

Subjects

THIN films; NONLINEAR optics; ATOMIC force microscopy; NUCLEAR magnetic resonance; CHROMOPHORES

Publication

International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2020, Vol 21, Issue 18, p6916

ISSN

1661-6596

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.3390/ijms21186916

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