Photoluminescence spectroscopy of anthrathiophenes and benzonaphthothiophenes in Shpol'skii matrixes

Abstract

The dispersion of harmful oil components into the ocean waters could pose long-term risks to flora and fauna. Due to the complexity of oil-contaminated sites, the unambiguous identification and quantitation of environmental pollutants often requires the sequence of high-performance liquid chromatography and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. A classic example is the analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. This article tackles a different aspect of environmental analysis as it focuses on the Shpol'skii spectroscopy of polycyclic aromatic sulfur heterocycles, specifically those belonging to the subgroups often known as anthrathiophenes and benzonaphthothiophenes. Photoluminescence measurements were made with a commercial spectrofluorimeter equipped with a continuous wave excitation source for steady state measurements and a pulsed excitation source for time-resolved measurements in the phosphorescence time domain. To the extent of our literature search, this is the first report on the 4.2 K fluorescence and phosphorescence spectra of anthrathiophenes and benzonaphthothiophenes, and the 77 K and 4.2 K phosphorescence lifetimes of benzonaphthothiophenes. 77 K and 4.2 K analytical figures of merit revealed the possibility to detect the studied compounds at the parts-per-billion (ng mL −1) concentration levels. The spectral and lifetime data gathered in this article provides the required information to choose an appropriate photoluminescence technique for the analysis of four-ring polycyclic aromatic sulfur heterocycles in complex environmental extracts.

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