Organics (Sep 2024)

Amphiphilic Fluorescein Triazoles: Synthesis and Visible-Light Catalysis in Water

  • Alina Artemenko,
  • Elza Sultanova,
  • Diana Mironova,
  • Aliya Akhatova,
  • Ekaterina Bondareva,
  • Daut Islamov,
  • Konstantin Usachev,
  • Svetlana Solovieva,
  • Vladimir Burilov,
  • Igor Antipin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/org5030018
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 3
pp. 346 – 360

Abstract

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Triazole derivatives of fluorescein-containing N,N-dimethylaminopropyl fragments and their ammonium salts were synthesized with yields of 74–85%. The resulting compounds exhibit fluorescent properties in the green region of the visible spectrum. The critical aggregation concentration (CAC) was estimated using a pyrene fluorescent probe corresponding to a range of 0.28–1.43 mM, and at concentrations above the CAC, the compounds form stable aggregates ranging from 165 to 202 nm. A relative quantum yield of 5–24% has been calculated based on fluorescence and UV spectra. The best value is shown by a derivative containing a tetradecyl substituent. When studying the photocatalytic properties of synthesized compounds through the reaction between N-substituted 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline and malonic ester, the mono-tetradecyl derivative demonstrated the best results. According to gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC-MS) data, the conversion of the initial heterocycle reached 95%. Therefore, these resulting compounds have the potential to act as an effective photocatalysts.

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