The molecular packing of three new non-fullerene acceptors with various benzene-based cores is systematically studied with the best power conversion efficiency of 11.49%.
Previous
work has shown that certain steroidal bis-(N-phenyl)ureas,
derived from cholic acid, form crystals in the P61 space group with unusually wide unidimensional
pores. A key feature of the nanoporous steroidal urea (NPSU) structure
is that groups at either end of the steroid are directed into the
channels and may in principle be altered without disturbing the crystal
packing. Herein we report an expanded study of this system, which
increases the structural variety of NPSUs and also examines their
inclusion properties. Nineteen new NPSU crystal structures are described,
to add to the six which were previously reported. The materials show
wide variations in channel size, shape, and chemical nature. Minimum
pore diameters vary from ∼0 up to 13.1 Å, while some of
the interior surfaces are markedly corrugated. Several variants possess
functional groups positioned in the channels with potential to interact
with guest molecules. Inclusion studies were performed using a relatively
accessible tris-(N-phenyl)urea. Solvent removal was
possible without crystal degradation, and gas adsorption could be
demonstrated. Organic molecules ranging from simple aromatics (e.g.,
aniline and chlorobenzene) to the much larger squalene (Mw = 411) could be adsorbed from the liquid state, while
several dyes were taken up from solutions in ether. Some dyes gave
dichroic complexes, implying alignment of the chromophores in the
NPSU channels. Notably, these complexes were formed by direct adsorption
rather than cocrystallization, emphasizing the unusually robust nature
of these organic molecular hosts.
Herein, we report the quantum chemical results based on density functional theory for the polarizability (α) and first hyperpolarizability (β) values of diacetylene-functionalized organic molecules (DFOM) containing an electron acceptor (A) unit in the form of nitro group and electron donor (D) unit in the form of amino group. Six DFOM 1–6 have been designed by structural tailoring of the synthesized chromophore 4,4′-(buta-1,3-diyne-1,4-diyl) dianiline (R) and the influence of the D and A moieties on α and β was explored. Ground state geometries, HOMO-LUMO energies, and natural bond orbital (NBO) analysis of all DFOM (R and 1–6) were explored through B3LYP level of DFT and 6-31G(d,p) basis set. The polarizability (α), first hyperpolarizability (β) values were computed using B3LYP (gas phase), CAM-B3LYP (gas phase), CAM-B3LYP (solvent DMSO) methods and 6-31G(d,p) basis set combination. UV-Visible analysis was performed at CAM-B3LYP/6-31G(d,p) level of theory. Results illustrated that much reduced energy gap in the range of 2.212–2.809 eV was observed in designed DFOM 1–6 as compared to parent molecule R (4.405 eV). Designed DFOM (except for 2 and 4) were found red shifted compared to parent molecule R. An absorption at longer wavelength was observed for 6 with 371.46 nm. NBO analysis confirmed the involvement of extended conjugation and as well as charge transfer character towards the promising NLO response and red shift of molecules under study. Overall, compound 6 displayed large <α> and βtot, computed to be 333.40 (a.u.) (B3LYP gas), 302.38 (a.u.) (CAM-B3LYP gas), 380.46 (a.u.) (CAM-B3LYP solvent) and 24708.79 (a.u.), 11841.93 (a.u.), 25053.32 (a.u.) measured from B3LYP (gas), CAM-B3LYP (gas) and CAM-B3LYP (DMSO) methods respectively. This investigation provides a theoretical framework for conversion of centrosymmetric molecules into non-centrosymmetric architectures to discover NLO candidates for modern hi-tech applications.
New phenol-blocked polyisocyanates, attractive for industrial use and organic facile synthesis involving protection–deprotection of isocyanates, were synthesized and studied in detail.
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