Journal
DYES AND PIGMENTS
Volume 90, Issue 2, Pages 211-218Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2010.12.005
Keywords
Squarylium; Oligomer; NIR dye; Low band gap; Absorption spectra; pi-Conjugation system
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Linear squarylium oligomers bearing extended pi-conjugation systems were newly synthesized, and their near-infrared (NIR) light-absorbing properties were investigated. Replacement of the iodo substituent in a 5-iodinated indolino-squarylium dye to the 2-hydroxy-3,4-dioxocyclobut-1-en-1-yl functional group via the Pd-catalyzed cross-coupling with a tributylstannylsquarate followed by condensation with a quaternary indolium salt afforded the semi-squarylium-attached squarylium derivative, i.e., the squarylium dimer. The introduction of the semi-squarylium unit gave rise to a significant bathochromic shift towards the NIR region (lambda(abs) = 763 nm in CHCl(3) at 298 K). Starting from a 5,5'-diiodinated indolino-squarylium, the iterative extension of semi-squarylium units successfully yielded the linearly pi-extended trimer and pentamer, that showed absorption maxima at 862 and 940 nm in CHCl(3) at 298 K, respectively. Especially, the pentamer exhibited a considerably low optical band gap of 1.1 eV. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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