ISSN:
0899-0042
Keywords:
polysilane
;
circular dichroism
;
exciton couplet
;
helix
;
fluorescence
;
poor solvent
;
good solvent
;
conformational property
;
helix reversal
;
Chemistry
;
Organic Chemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
An optically active, rigid rodlike helical polysilane with 6,9,12-trioxatetradecyl and (S)-2-methylbutyl substituents (1) was newly obtained as a very high molecular weight polymer of several million. Due to the presence of trietheral substituent, 1 was readily soluble in a polar solvent such as ethanol and a mixture of ethanol and water, but was insoluble in pure water. Polysilane 1 in pure ethanol at room temperature exhibited an intense and narrow ultraviolet (UV) and circular dichroism (CD) absorptions at 323 nm, associated with an almost mirror imaged fluorescence (FL) at 328 nm, that are characteristic of rigid rodlike, single-screw-sense helical polysilanes reported previously. When solution temperature was changed from 60°C to -104°C, a global shape of 1 expanded associated with an increase of segment length, whereas a screw pitch tended to be wound tightly. On the other hand, as a solvent polarity became poor, a global shape of 1 shrunk associated with an decrease of segment length and formed a chiral motif with an M-helicity between two helical segments with a kink. At a ratio of 50% of ethanol/water of 50:50 (v/v), 1 became insoluble and formed aggregates. Chirality 10:667-675, 1998. © 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
Additional Material:
14 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
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