Modular cyclodiphosph(V)azanes are synthesised and their affinity for chloride and actetate anions were compared to those of a bisaryl urea derivative (1). The diamidocyclodiphosph(V)azanes cis-[{ArNHP(O)(μ-tBu)}2 ] [Ar=Ph (2) and Ar=m-(CF3 )2 Ph (3)] were synthesised by reaction of [{ClP(μ-NtBu)}2 ] (4) with the respective anilines and subsequent oxidation with H2 O2 . Phosphazanes 2 and 3 were obtained as the cis isomers and were characterised by multinuclear NMR spectroscopy, FTIR spectroscopy, HRMS and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The cyclodiphosphazanes 2 and 3 readily co-crystallise with donor solvents such as MeOH, EtOH and DMSO through bidentate hydrogen bonding, as shown in the X-ray analyses. Cyclodiphosphazane 3 showed a remarkably high affinity (log[K]=5.42) for chloride compared with the bisaryl urea derivative 1 (log[K]=4.25). The affinities for acetate (AcO(-) ) are in the same range (3: log[K]=6.72, 1: log[K]=6.91). Cyclodiphosphazane 2, which does not contain CF3 groups, exhibits weaker binding to chloride (log[K]=3.95) and acetate (log[K]=4.49). DFT computations and X-ray analyses indicate that a squaramide-like hydrogen-bond directionality and Cα H interactions account for the efficiency of 3 as an anion receptor. The Cα H groups stabilise the Z,Z-3 conformation, which is necessary for bidentate hydrogen bonding, as well as coordinating with the anion.
The chiral chemosensor 1, based on a thiourea-activated phthalimide, is available by four reaction steps from 4-nitrophthalimide. 1 detects fluoride, chloride, acetate, and dihydrogen phosphate anions by changes in UV-vis absorption. Fluoride in excess induces deprotonation whereas the other anions show only complex formation in the ground state. (1)H-NMR studies confirm the formation of these H-bonded complexes and the fluoride-induced receptor deprotonation in the recognition process. Moderate chiral recognition was observed for sodium D/L-lactate with K(ass)(D)/K(ass)(L) = 1.93.
The fluorescence emission of the parent 2-aminobenzimidazole (ABZ, 1), the mono- and disubstituted derivatives (2, 3), 2-aminonaphthoimidazole (4), and 4-amino dinaphthodiazepine 5 (λem = 315–400 nm) is strongly quenched in the presence of aqueous hydrogen peroxide. The quenching process is dual: for diazepine 5, quenching is dynamic at lower H2O2 concentrations with linear reduction of the fluorescence lifetime from 4.3 to 2.6 ns. At higher H2O2 concentrations, a second species appears in the absorption and emission spectra with fluorescence lifetimes of 1.3 ns, indicating the formation of a new (ground-state) hydrogen-bonded ABZ-H2O2 complex (static quenching). Sensors 1 and 2 show also dual quenching that fits with a static 1:1 and 1:2 model with K 1:1 = 8(11) M–1 and K 1:2 = 21(147) M–1 for 1(2). The formation of a 1:2 complex (1:(H2O2)2) is also supported by density functional theory (DFT) calculations and spectra simulations.
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