Host: The executive committee of the 37th symposium on structrual organic chemistry
Co-host: The Chemical Society of Japan, The Hokkaido Branch of the Chemical Society of Japan, Hokkaido University, Global COE (chemistry),, "Catalysis as a Basis for Innovation in Material Sciences ", The Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan
We have synthesized the first stable 9-Anthryldiphosphene derivatives 1 and 2. The P=P double-bond characters of 1 and 2 were confirmed by the spectroscopic and X-ray crystallographic analyses. The dihedral angles of the anthryl moiety and the PPC plane were ca. 80deg, indicating the less effective pai-electron conjugation between the P=P and anthryl moieties in the solid states. On the other hand, in the UV-vis spectra in hexane, the absorptions assigned as pai-pai* electron transitions (from pai orbital of anthracene to pai* orbital of the P=P moieties) were observed around 530 nm, indicating the electronic correlation between the anthryl moieties and the P=P units. In addition, 1a was found to exhibit fluorescent emission (quantum yield: 1.2*10-3, lifetime: ca. 10ns).