Charge transfer control by substituents: Donor pyrroles and fluoro-anilines

Abstract

Derivatives of N-phenyl pyrrole with a para-donor substituent on the acceptor benzene ring are compared. It is shown that by a suitable increase of the donor strength of the pyrrolo group, CT fluorescence can be achieved even for donor-donor substituted benzenes. On the other hand, introducing fluoro substituents into the acceptor moiety strongly enhances the CT formation tendency, and several new compounds with CT fluorescence even in alkane solvents are presented.