Synthesis of conjugated 2-arylethynyl and 2-arylethenyl thiophene structures with optical properties

Conjugated mono(arylethynyl)oligothiophene structures have been obtained starting with (E)-[1-(2′-thienyl)-2-(p-phenyl)]ethyne (E)-7 and 2-[p-(iodophenyl)ethynyl]thiophene 8. Conjugated nanostructures were synthesized by oxidative coupling between the terminal acetylenes (E)-7 and 8 to give, respectively, 1,4-di[(2-p-(iodophenyl)ethynyl)thienyl]-1,3-butadiyne and 1,4-di[(2-p-iodophenylethynyl)thienyl]-1,3-butadiyne. All the thiophene derivatives synthesized show an important fluorescence radiation emission, with a bathochromic shift, which increases with the conjugation of the chain.