Highly fluorescent slipped-cofacial phthalocyanine dimer as a shallow inclusion complex with α-cyclodextrin

J Phys Chem A. 2012 May 31;116(21):5139-44. doi: 10.1021/jp302640j. Epub 2012 May 18.

Abstract

Supramolecular control of the π-stacked configuration of aqueous phthalocyanine (Zn[Pc(SO(3))(4)]) was achieved, allowing organization of a J-type slipped-cofacial dimer with per-O-methylated α-cyclodextrin (TMe-α-CDx) by the aid of host-guest interactions. Pristine Zn[Pc(SO(3))(4)] forms nonfluorescent face-to-face aggregates in water. The π-stacked configuration was controlled in the slipped-cofacial dimer, which was formed as a shallow inclusion complex with TMe-α-CDx, giving remarkably enhanced fluorescence with a very small Stokes shift. Organization of the J-type slipped-cofacial dimer as a 2:2 Zn[Pc(SO(3))(4)]-TMe-α-CDx complex was achieved through π-stacking of the unencapsulated segment of Zn[Pc(SO(3))(4)] shallowly encapsulated by a small TMe-α-CDx cavity.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Carbohydrate Conformation
  • Dimerization*
  • Fluorescent Dyes / chemistry*
  • Indoles / chemistry*
  • Isoindoles
  • Models, Molecular
  • Water / chemistry
  • alpha-Cyclodextrins / chemistry*

Substances

  • Fluorescent Dyes
  • Indoles
  • Isoindoles
  • alpha-Cyclodextrins
  • Water
  • phthalocyanine