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Article

Synthesis and Fluorescent Properties of Multi-Functionalized C70 Derivatives of C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2] and C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2]2

by
Ke Luan
1,
Lu Wang
1,
Fang-Fang Xie
1,
Bin-Wen Chen
1,
Zuo-Chang Chen
1,
Lin-Long Deng
2,*,
Su-Yuan Xie
1 and
Lan-Sun Zheng
1
1
State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
2
Pen-Tung Sah Institute of Micro-Nano Science and Technology, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Nanomaterials 2022, 12(9), 1426; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12091426
Submission received: 29 March 2022 / Revised: 18 April 2022 / Accepted: 20 April 2022 / Published: 22 April 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fullerene Nanostructures: Synthesis, Functionalities and Applications)
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Abstract

Due to the partially reduced π-conjugation of the fullerene cage, multi-functionalized fullerene derivatives exhibit remarkable fluorescent properties compared to pristine fullerenes, which have high potential for application in organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). In this study two multi-functionalized C70 derivatives, C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2] and C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2]2, with excellent fluorescence properties, were designed and synthesized. Compared with C70(OCH3)10 containing a single kind of functional group, both the C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2] and C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2]2 exhibited enhanced fluorescence properties with blue fluorescence emission. The fluorescence quantum yields of the C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2] and C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2]2 were 1.94% and 2.30%, respectively, which were about ten times higher than that of C70(OCH3)10. The theoretical calculations revealed that the multi-functionalization of the C70 increased the S1–T1 energy gap, reducing the intersystem crossing efficiency, resulting in the higher fluorescence quantum yield of the C70 derivatives. The results indicate that multi-functionalization is a viable strategy to improve the fluorescence of fullerene derivatives.

1. Introduction

Fluorescence studies on fullerenes and their derivatives have attracted great interest from researchers [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13], who can not only offer vital information on the excited electronic structures of fullerenes and their derivatives, but can also assess their potential applications in organic electronic devices [14,15]. Due to the renowned electron-accepting ability and small reorganization energy of symmetric fullerenes [16,17], the transition from S0 to S1 is forbidden, and the intersystem crossing (ISC) efficiency from S1 to T1 is very high (close to 100%) [18]. Pristine fullerenes exhibit poor fluorescence properties, such as low-fluorescence quantum yields (Φ of ca. 0.03% for C60 and ca. 0.06% for C70 in toluene) and short fluorescence lifetimes (τ of 1.2 ns for C60 and 0.67 ns for C70) [19,20,21,22]. The functionalization of fullerene is a valid way to increase electronic transition forbiddance and the S1–T1 energy gap by lowering the symmetry of the fullerene. However, the fluorescence of mono-, bis-, and tris-adducts of fullerene derivatives is still extremely weak, since these adducts cannot effectively destroy the symmetric structure of fullerenes [23]. Multi-functionalization with higher adducts has been proven to be an effective methodology to fine-tune the fluorescence properties of fullerene derivatives. For instance, Rubin et al. reported a hexa-adduct of C60 that exhibited much-improved fluorescence intensity [24]. Multi-functionalized C60 derivatives with excellent fluorescence properties were prepared by Nakamura et al. [25,26,27]. Compared with the studies on the fluorescence properties of C60 derivatives, there are few studies on the fluorescence properties of C70 derivatives [28].
Herein, we report the synthesis and fluorescence properties of two multi-functionalized C70 derivatives, C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2] and C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2]2. By carefully controlling the molar ratio of the reactants, C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2] and C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2]2 can be readily synthesized from C70(OCH3)10 by using the Bingel–Hirsch reaction with high selectivity. Due to the reduced π-conjugated system of C70, the fluorescence quantum yield of C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2] and C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2]2 was about ten times higher than that of C70(OCH3)10. The results provide a method for synthesizing fullerene derivatives with excellent fluorescence, offering valuable materials for organic light-emitting diodes.

2. Materials and Methods

2.1. Materials and Synthesis

C70, iodine monochloride (ICl), silver perchlorate, diethyl bromomalonate, and 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene (DBU) were purchased from commercial suppliers and used as received without further purification. Solvents were distilled and dried by standard procedures.
C70Cl10 and C70(OCH3)10 were prepared according to the procedure in the literature [28,29].
C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2]: Diethyl bromomalonate (12 mg, 0.05 mmol) and DBU (16 mg, 0.1 mmol) were added to a solution of C70(OCH3)10 (58 mg, 0.05 mmol) in anhydrous toluene (50 mL). The mixture was stirred overnight under atmosphere at room temperature. The solvent was removed under reduced pressure and the crude product was purified by column chromatography over silica gel with toluene/acetate (10:1) as the eluents to produce C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2] as a pale-yellow solid (22 mg, 33%). 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3, ppm): δ 4.21 (q, J = 7.0 Hz, 4H), 3.98 (s, 6H), 3.93 (s, 12H), 3.86 (s, 6H), 3.75 (s, 6H), and 1.22 (t, J = 7.0 Hz, 6H). 13C NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3, ppm): δ 163.56, 153.40, 153.07, 151.78, 151.29, 150.78, 150.73, 149.91, 149.40, 148.90, 148.54, 148.42, 148.24, 148.22, 148.11, 147.88, 147.79, 146.61, 146.49, 146.13, 145.41, 145.12, 143.71, 142.96, 139.00, 138.83, 138.58, 137.46, 135.93, 134.20, 129.04, 128.23, 86.18, 81.21, 81.03, 80.81, 80.69, 67.79, 65.89, 63.10, 56.18, 56.11, 55.94, 55.91, 55.85, 43.47, and 14.03. ESI-FT-ICR-HRMS C87H40O14 [M+Na]+ m/z calculated 1331.2310 found 1331.2311.
The C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2]2: Diethyl bromomalonate (48 mg, 0.2 mmol) and DBU (60 mg, 0.4 mmol) were added to a solution of C70(OCH3)10 (58 mg, 0.05 mmol) in anhydrous toluene (50 mL). The mixture was stirred overnight under atmosphere at room temperature. The solvent was removed under reduced pressure and the crude product was purified by column chromatography over silica gel with toluene/acetate (5:1) as the eluents to afford C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2]2 as a light-yellow solid (29 mg, 39%). 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3, ppm): δ 4.33 (m, 8H), 4.00–3.77 (m, 30H), and 1.38–1.30 (m, 12H). 13C NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3, ppm): δ 163.70, 163.67, 163.64, 163.21, 154.21, 153.22, 151.89, 151.80, 151.39, 151.34, 150.58, 150.33, 150.00, 149.62, 149.02, 148.90, 148.59, 148.31, 147.83, 147.53, 147.24, 146.91, 146.62, 146.52, 146.44, 146.30, 145.85, 145.60, 145.30, 145.26, 145.01, 144.60, 144.47, 143.67, 142.71, 139.95, 139.66, 139.12, 138.89, 138.14, 137.77, 137.52, 136.59, 136.24, 135.58, 134.38, 133.50, 130.01, 85.49, 84.51, 81.06, 80.94, 80.86, 80.80, 80.76, 80.70, 67.89, 67.80, 63.10, 63.07, 62.94, 62.88, 55.97, 55.93, 55.87, 55.79, 55.71, 55.68, 55.20, 43.44, 41.00, and 14.06. ESI-FT-ICR-HRMS C94H50O18 [M+Na]+ m/z calculated 1490.3847 found 1490.2916.

2.2. Characterization

1H NMR, 13C NMR, and 2D NMR spectra were recorded using Bruker AVⅢ500 spectrometers (Bruker, Billerica, MA, USA). High-resolution mass spectra (HRMS) were recorded on Agilent G6545XT mass spectrometers (Agilent, Santa Clara, CA, USA). UV-vis absorption spectra in solution were recorded using an Agilent Cary 5000 spectrophotometer (Agilent, Santa Clara, CA, USA). The spectra were measured in quartz glass cuvettes using spectroscopic grade solvents. Fluorescence spectroscopy in solution was carried out with an FLS980 spectrometer (Edinburgh Instruments, Livingston, UK). Time-resolved measurements were performed with a PS laser diode and a TCSPC detection unit. Single-crystal X-ray data were collected on a Rigaku Xtalab Synergy diffractometer (Rigaku, Tokyo, Japan). Using Olex2 [30], the initial structure was solved with the SHELX-XT structure solution program using direct method and refined with the XL refinement package using least-squares minimization.

3. Results and Discussion

As shown in Scheme 1, the C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2] and C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2]2 were synthesized from C70(OCH3)10 by Bingel–Hirsch reaction. The deca-adduct C70 derivative C70(OCH3)10 was readily prepared by treating the C70Cl10 with anhydrous methanol in the presence of silver perchlorate. C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2] and C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2]2 can be readily synthesized with high selectivity by carefully controlling the molar ratio of the reactants. Their molecular structures were confirmed by 1H, 13C NMR spectroscopy and high-resolution mass spectrometry (Figures S1–S10). The two-dimensional correlated spectroscopy (COSY) showed that there was mutual coupling of the protons between the methyl and the methylene in the ethyl malonate of both the C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2] and the C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2]2 molecules (Figures S4 and S9).
The structure of the C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2] was unambiguously determined by X-ray crystallographic analysis (Figure 1 and Table S1). Single crystals were obtained through the slow diffusion of hexane into a toluene solution of C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2]. As shown in Figure 1, all the methoxy groups were distributed on the equatorial region of the C70 cage. The malonate group was added to the pole of the C70 cage, and the ester groups were pointed in different directions to minimize the steric hindrance. In the crystalline state, the C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2] molecules displayed ordered packing in all the directions of the a-, b- and c-axes. Although the single crystal of the C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2]2 was not obtained, the most favorable structure of C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2]2 was determined through a series of theoretical calculations (Figures S11–S13). As shown in Figure S14, the two malonate groups were distributed at the two poles of the C70 cage. Similarly, all the functionalized groups were oriented in different directions to minimize the steric hindrance.
The UV-vis absorption spectra of the C70(OCH3)10, C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2], and C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2]2 were measured at room temperature. As shown in Figure 2, the C70(OCH3)10 exhibited two absorption peaks at 435 and 480 nm in the visible region, and one absorption peak at 315 nm in the ultraviolet region. By contrast, there was no absorption peak in the visible region, but there was one absorption peak in the ultraviolet region (313 nm) for C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2], which was slightly blue-shifted with respect to the C70(OCH3)10. Similarly, the C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2]2 showed an absorption peak at 305 nm, which was further blue-shifted compared with that of the C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2]. Moreover, a broad shoulder peak around 370 nm was observed for the C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2]. The blue-shifting of the absorption peaks of both C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2] and C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2]2 was caused by the decrease in the π-conjugated system of the C70 cage, indicating that the energy gap between the S1 and S0 became lager.
To obtain information about the photophysical properties of the C70(OCH3)10, C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2], and C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2]2, we measured the steady-state fluorescence spectra of these C70 derivatives. As shown in Figure 3, the emission peak of the C70(OCH3)10 was 498 nm, with a shoulder peak at 521 nm. The major emission peak at 498 nm was ascribed to the S1→S0 transition, and the shoulder peak was ascribed to the transition involving the vibronic interactions [4,5]. The fluorescence spectra of the C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2] and C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2]2 were rather similar. The major peaks appeared at 451 and 454 nm for the C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2] and the C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2]2, respectively, while the shoulder peaks were shown at 480, and 481 nm. Obviously, the fluorescence emission peaks of the C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2] and C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2]2 were blue-shifted compared to those of the C70(OCH3)10, indicating that the Bingel–Hirsch reaction can effectively reduce the π-conjugated system of the C70 cage [21]. The fluorescence quantum yields of these fullerene derivatives were obtained with integrating spheres. The fluorescence quantum yields of the C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2] and C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2]2 were 1.94, and 2.30%, respectively, which were about ten times higher than that of the C70(OCH3)10 (0.25%). However, the fluorescence quantum yields of both the C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2] and the C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2]2 were not particularly high, which made them difficult to use as fluorescent labels.
The fluorescent decay profiles of the C70(OCH3)10, C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2], and C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2]2 in chloroform were recorded using the time-correlated single-photon counting (TCSPC) method. The fluorescence lifetime of the C70(OCH3)10 was described by a single-exponential component with τ = 1.16 ns. However, the fluorescence lifetime of the C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2] (τ = 1.99 ns) was described by double-exponential components with τ1 = 1.18 ns (70.9%) and τ2 = 3.95 ns (29.1%). Similarly, the fluorescence lifetime of the C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2]2 (τ = 1.82 ns) was also described by bi-exponential components with τ1 = 1.18 ns (72.0%) and τ2 = 3.44 ns (28.0%) (Table 1). As shown in Figure 4, the fluorescence lifetimes of the C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2] and C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2]2 were slightly longer than those of the C70(OCH3)10, which implies that the number of adducts on fullerene can influence the fluorescence lifetime of fullerene derivatives [27]. Fullerene derivatives with more adducts may have higher fluorescence quantum yields and longer fluorescence lifetimes. Therefore, multi-functionalization is a promising strategy to improve the fluorescence of fullerene derivatives.
To gain insight into the mechanisms of the fluorescence enhancements, we carried out theoretical calculations. Generally, the compounds with high fluorescence quantum yields had large S1–T1 energy gaps. Furthermore, the larger S1–T1 energy gaps appeared when the excitation was more localized. As shown in Figure 5, the difference S1/S0 electronic densities of the C70(OCH3)10, C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2], and C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2]2 were computed through TD-DFT. The excitations of the C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2] and C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2]2 were similar and spatially localized in the same fragment of the molecule, which meant a large S1–T1 energy gap. However, the large spatial extension led to a small S1–T1 energy gap, as with the C70(OCH3)10. Therefore, the further functionalization of the C70(OCH3)10 increased the S1–T1 energy gap, reducing the intersystem crossing efficiency, resulting in the higher fluorescence quantum yield of the C70 derivatives.

4. Conclusions

In summary, two multi-functionalized C70 derivatives, C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2] and C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2]2, were synthesized from C70(OCH3)10 by Bingel–Hirsch reaction with high selectivity. Compared with the C70(OCH3)10, the UV-vis absorption and fluorescence of both the C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2] and the C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2]2 were blue-shifted due to the decrease in the π-conjugated system of the C70. Moreover, the C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2] and C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2]2 showed blue fluorescence, and their fluorescence quantum yield was about ten times higher than that of the C70(OCH3)10. The TD-DFT calculations indicated that the multi-functionalization of the C70 increased the S1–T1 energy gap, reducing the intersystem crossing efficiency, resulting in the higher fluorescence quantum yield of the C70 derivatives. The results reveal that multi-functionalization is an effective strategy to improve the fluorescence of fullerene derivatives, providing novel organic electronic materials for organic light-emitting diodes.

Supplementary Materials

The following supporting information can be downloaded at: https://www.mdpi.com/article/10.3390/nano12091426/s1. Figure S1: 1H NMR spectrum (500 MHz, CDCl3) of C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2]; Figure S2: 13C NMR spectrum (500 MHz, CDCl3) of C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2]; Figure S3: ESI-FT-ICR-HRMS spectra of C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2], Figure S4: COSY spectra of C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2]; Figure S5: HSQC of C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2]; Figure S6: 1H NMR spectrum (500 MHz, CDCl3) of C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2]2; Figure S7: 13C NMR spectrum (500 MHz, CDCl3) of C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2]2; Figure S8: ESI-FT-ICR-HRMS spectra of C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2]2; Figure S9: COSY spectra of C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2]2; Figure S10: HSQC spectra of C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2]2; Table S1: Crystallographic data for C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2]; Figure S11: Natural Population Analysis (NPA) charge distribution of C70(OCH3)10 (A), C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2]-I (B), C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2]-II (C), C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2]-III (D). And C70(OCH3)10 is shown in three orientations front view, top view and bottom view (E); Figure S12: Electrostatic potentials on the 0.001 a.u. molecular surfaces of C70(OCH3)10 (A), C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2] (B) and C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2]2 (C), calculated at B3LYP-D3BJ/6-31G(d, p) level with toluene solvent; Figure S13: Molecular orbitals (HOMO-1, HOMO, LUMO, and LUMO+1) of C70(OCH3)10 (A), C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2] (B) and C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2]2 (C) calculated at B3LYP-D3BJ/6-31G(d, p) level, in toluene; Figure S14: The most favorable structure of C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2]2. References [31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40] are cited in supplementary materials.

Author Contributions

Investigation, writing—original draft, K.L., L.W.; data collection, K.L., L.W., F.-F.X., B.-W.C. and Z.-C.C. Conceptualization, supervision, writing—revision, L.-L.D., S.-Y.X. and L.-S.Z. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

Funding

This research was supported by the National Nature Science Foundation of China (21721001, 92061122, and 92061204).

Data Availability Statement

The data presented in this study are available in the article and Supplementary Materials.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Scheme 1. Synthesis of C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2] and C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2]2.
Scheme 1. Synthesis of C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2] and C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2]2.
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Figure 1. Crystal structure of C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2]. (A) ORTEP drawing with 50% ellipsoid probability. The molecular packing along a-axis (B), b-axis (C), and c-axis (D).
Figure 1. Crystal structure of C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2]. (A) ORTEP drawing with 50% ellipsoid probability. The molecular packing along a-axis (B), b-axis (C), and c-axis (D).
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Figure 2. UV-vis absorption spectra of C70(OCH3)10, C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2], and C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2]2 in a 1.0 × 10−5 mol/L chloroform solution at room temperature.
Figure 2. UV-vis absorption spectra of C70(OCH3)10, C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2], and C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2]2 in a 1.0 × 10−5 mol/L chloroform solution at room temperature.
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Figure 3. Normalized steady-state fluorescence spectra of C70(OCH3)10, C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2], and C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2]2 at room temperature.
Figure 3. Normalized steady-state fluorescence spectra of C70(OCH3)10, C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2], and C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2]2 at room temperature.
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Figure 4. Time-resolved fluorescence decay profiles of C70(OCH3)10, C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2], and C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2]2.
Figure 4. Time-resolved fluorescence decay profiles of C70(OCH3)10, C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2], and C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2]2.
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Figure 5. TD-DFT computed difference S1/S0 electronic densities of C70(OCH3)10 (A), C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2] (B), and C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2]2 (C). Positive and negative parts are red and blue, respectively. Each molecule is shown in three orientations: front view, side view, and top view.
Figure 5. TD-DFT computed difference S1/S0 electronic densities of C70(OCH3)10 (A), C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2] (B), and C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2]2 (C). Positive and negative parts are red and blue, respectively. Each molecule is shown in three orientations: front view, side view, and top view.
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Table 1. Fluorescence lifetimes of C70(OCH3)10, C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2] and C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2]2. The values in parentheses represent the fractions of each kinetic lifetime.
Table 1. Fluorescence lifetimes of C70(OCH3)10, C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2] and C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2]2. The values in parentheses represent the fractions of each kinetic lifetime.
τ1 (ns)τ2 (ns)τ (ns)QY (%)
C70(OCH3)101.16 (100%) 1.160.25
C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2]1.18 (70.9%)3.95 (29.1%)1.991.94
C70(OCH3)10[C(COOEt)2]21.18 (72.0%)3.44 (28.0%)1.822.30
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