New photoluminescent donor-acceptor-donor (DAD) molecules, namely 5'-aryl-substituted 2,5-bis(3-decyl-2,2'-bithiophen-5-yl)-1,3,4-oxadiazoles were prepared by palladium-catalyzed coupling from readily available compounds such as ethyl 3-decyl-2,2'-bithiophene-5-carboxylate and aryl halides. The obtained compounds feature increasing bathochromic shifts in their emission spectra with increasing a...

A new class of 4H-imidazoles was synthesized starting from fused-ring aromatic dinitriles. Strong bathochromic shifts of the longest wavelength absorptions were observed in the corresponding UV/vis spectra due to a conversion of the merocyanine chromophores into cyanines/(aza)oxonoles upon protonation/deprotonation of the 4H-imidazoles. Novel boratetraazapentalenes were synthesized via a cycliz...

The electronic absorption profiles of 3-cyano-1,5-diarylformazans were recorded in different organic solvents having different polarities. Both macroscopic and microscopic aspects were contemplated to determine the influence of various solute-solvent interactions upon absorption spectral shifts. The effects of solvent polarity on the absorbance profiles of the compounds were evaluated. The mult...

The first dithienylpyrrole (DTP)-based bipyridine ligands has been prepared and coordinated with ruthenium to give the corresponding homoleptic complexes. Bipyridine was bound at pyrrole (DTP(1)) or thiophene (DTP(2)) ring. A strong bathochromic effect was obtained by switching from pyrrole to thiophene for ligands and complexes. Interestingly the DTP(2) series offered a wide absorption window ...

Using advanced QM/MM methods, the surprisingly negligible shift of the lowest-lying bright electronic excitation of the deprotonated p-coumaric acid (pCA(-)) within the photoactive yellow protein (PYP) is shown to stem from a subtle balance between hypsochromic and bathochromic effects. More specifically, it is found that the change in the excitation energy as a consequence of the disruption of...

Absorption spectra of three aminoazobenzene dyes with various molecular size and alkyl tails have been recorded in solvents in the range between 200 to 600 nm. The photophysical behavior of a dissolved dye depends on the nature of its environment, i.e. the intensity, shape, and maximum absorption wavelength of the absorption band of dye in solution depends strongly on the solvent-solute interac...

Three distinct viologen derivatives have been designed and successively synthesized. They are shown to form 1:1 or 2:1 host−guest inclusion complexes with β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) in aqueous solution. In comparison with...

We herein report the design, synthesis, and photophysical characterization of extended rigid coumarinyl derivatives showing large two-photon sensitivities (?a?u ? 125 GM) at 740 800 nm. To efficiently synthesize these complex photoremovable protecting groups (PPGs), we used step-economic domino reactions. Moreover, those new PPGs display unique bathochromic shifts (?100 nm) uncaging subproducts...

Chromophores [1] with light absorption at long wavelengths in the visible or even in the near infrared are becoming increasingly attractive [2]. Commonly, such a bathochromic absorption is realized with very large π systems; see for example ref. [3]. Bathochromically absorbing smaller molecules are more difficult to obtain [4], but can be developed by balancing substituent effects in conjugated...