Regulation of the frontier molecular orbitals and photophysical properties of boron tropolonate complexes by regioselective functionalization
Abstract
Here, we show that the C5 substitution in α-tropolone efficiently modulates the energy level of the highest occupied molecular orbital rather than the lowest unoccupied one. Furthermore, the C5-substitution imparts functional luminescent properties, such as aggregation-induced emission, room-temperature phosphorescence, and thermally activated delayed luminescence.
- This article is part of the themed collection: Aggregation-Induced Emission