TY - JOUR

T1 - Fluorescent Pyranoindole Congeners: Synthesis and Photophysical Properties of Pyrano[3,2-f], [2,3-g], [2,3-f], and [2,3-e]Indoles

AU - Sharapov, Ainur D.

AU - Fatykhov, Ramil F.

AU - Khalymbadzha, Igor A.

AU - Valieva, Maria I.

AU - Nikonov, Igor L.

AU - Taniya, Olga S.

AU - Kopchuk, Dmitry S.

AU - Zyryanov, Grigory V.

AU - Potapova, Anastasya P.

AU - Novikov, Alexander S.

AU - Sharutin, Vladimir V.

AU - Chupakhin, Oleg N.

N1 - This research was supported by the Russian Science Foundation (Project # 21-13-00382, synthesis of compounds 7a –g and 8a –g). Grigory V. Zyryanov is thankful to the Council for Grants of the President of the Russian Federation (photophysical investigation, Grant no. NSh-1223.2022.1.3). Alexander S. Novikov is grateful to RUDN University for support within the Strategic Academic Leadership Program.

PY - 2022/12/7

Y1 - 2022/12/7

N2 - This paper reports the synthesis of four types of annulated pyranoindole congeners: pyrano[3,2-f]indole, pyrano[2,3-g]indole, pyrano[2,3-f]indole, and pyrano[2,3-e]indole and photophysical studies in this series. The synthesis of pyrano[3,2-f], [2,3-g], and [2,3-e]indoles involve a tandem of Bischler–Möhlau reaction of 3-aminophenol with benzoin to form 6-hydroxy- or 4-hydroxyindole followed by Pechmann condensation of these hydroxyindoles with β-ketoesters. Pyrano[2,3-f]indoles were synthesized through the Nenitzescu reaction of p-benzoquinone and ethyl aminocrotonates and subsequent Pechmann condensation of the obtained 5-hydroxyindole derivatives. Among the pyranoindoles studied, the most promising were pyrano[3,2-f] and [2,3-g]indoles. These compounds were characterized by moderate to high quantum yields (30–89%) and a large (9000–15,000 cm−1) Stokes shift. More detailed photophysical studies were carried out for a series of the most promising derivatives of pyrano[3,2-f] and [2,3-g]indoles to demonstrate their positive solvatochromism, and the data collected was analyzed using Lippert-Mataga equation. Quantum chemical calculations were performed to deepen the knowledge of the absorption and emission properties of pyrano[3,2-f] and [2,3-g]indoles as well as to explain their unusual geometries and electronic structures.

AB - This paper reports the synthesis of four types of annulated pyranoindole congeners: pyrano[3,2-f]indole, pyrano[2,3-g]indole, pyrano[2,3-f]indole, and pyrano[2,3-e]indole and photophysical studies in this series. The synthesis of pyrano[3,2-f], [2,3-g], and [2,3-e]indoles involve a tandem of Bischler–Möhlau reaction of 3-aminophenol with benzoin to form 6-hydroxy- or 4-hydroxyindole followed by Pechmann condensation of these hydroxyindoles with β-ketoesters. Pyrano[2,3-f]indoles were synthesized through the Nenitzescu reaction of p-benzoquinone and ethyl aminocrotonates and subsequent Pechmann condensation of the obtained 5-hydroxyindole derivatives. Among the pyranoindoles studied, the most promising were pyrano[3,2-f] and [2,3-g]indoles. These compounds were characterized by moderate to high quantum yields (30–89%) and a large (9000–15,000 cm−1) Stokes shift. More detailed photophysical studies were carried out for a series of the most promising derivatives of pyrano[3,2-f] and [2,3-g]indoles to demonstrate their positive solvatochromism, and the data collected was analyzed using Lippert-Mataga equation. Quantum chemical calculations were performed to deepen the knowledge of the absorption and emission properties of pyrano[3,2-f] and [2,3-g]indoles as well as to explain their unusual geometries and electronic structures.

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U2 - 10.3390/molecules27248867

DO - 10.3390/molecules27248867

M3 - Article

VL - 27

JO - Molecules

JF - Molecules

SN - 1420-3049

IS - 24

M1 - 8867

ER -