Drastic solid-state fluorescence enhancement behaviour of imidazo[4,5-a]naphthalene-type fluorescent hosts upon inclusion of polyethers and tert-butyl alcohol

Abstract As one of the most promising materials for the construction of desirable solid-state fluorescent system, new solid-state fluorescent host–guest system, which consists of the imidazo[4,5-a]naphthalene-type fluorescent hosts 2 and sterically hindered guest molecules were designed and prepared. The crystals of 2 exhibit sensitive colour change and drastic fluorescence enhancement behaviour upon polyethers (diethylene glycol dimethyl ether (DGDM), diethylene glycol diethyl ether (DGDE) and diethylene glycol dibutyl ether (DGDB)) or tert-butyl alcohol. A comparison of the X-ray crystal structures of the guest-free and polyether- and tert-butyl alcohol-inclusion compounds indicates that the enclathrated polyether or tert-butyl alcohol molecule decrease the π-stacking between hosts and enlarge the distance between the host–host aromatic planes. On the bases of the spectral data and the crystal structures, the effects of the enclathrated sterically hindered guest on the drastic solid-state fluorescence enhancement behaviour of the host–guest crystals are discussed.

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