Two diastereoisomers(NTPH-P and NTPH-T1) as a C2-symmetric triple [5]helicene based on N-annulated triperylene hexaimide were synthesized.Aided by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy(NMR) and theoretical calculati...Two diastereoisomers(NTPH-P and NTPH-T1) as a C2-symmetric triple [5]helicene based on N-annulated triperylene hexaimide were synthesized.Aided by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy(NMR) and theoretical calculations,NTPH-P was assigned to three-blade propeller conformation while NTPH-T1 tended to exhibit twisted conformation with pyrrole ring fusing on a bowl-shaped PDI foil.Characterized by circular dichroism(CD) and circular polarized luminescence(CPL) measurements,the enantiomerically pure NTPH-P exhibited fairly good chiral activities both in the absorption and emission range with dissymmetry factors |gabs| of 4.1×10^-3 and |glum| of 1.2×10^-3.The diastereoisomers were further employed as acceptors for organic solar cells with distinct PCEs of 8.11% and 5.24% for NTPH-P and NTPH-T1 based devices,respectively,signifying the prospects in chiroptical electronics by designing molecularly defined aromatics.展开更多
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文摘Two diastereoisomers(NTPH-P and NTPH-T1) as a C2-symmetric triple [5]helicene based on N-annulated triperylene hexaimide were synthesized.Aided by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy(NMR) and theoretical calculations,NTPH-P was assigned to three-blade propeller conformation while NTPH-T1 tended to exhibit twisted conformation with pyrrole ring fusing on a bowl-shaped PDI foil.Characterized by circular dichroism(CD) and circular polarized luminescence(CPL) measurements,the enantiomerically pure NTPH-P exhibited fairly good chiral activities both in the absorption and emission range with dissymmetry factors |gabs| of 4.1×10^-3 and |glum| of 1.2×10^-3.The diastereoisomers were further employed as acceptors for organic solar cells with distinct PCEs of 8.11% and 5.24% for NTPH-P and NTPH-T1 based devices,respectively,signifying the prospects in chiroptical electronics by designing molecularly defined aromatics.