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8664258 
Journal Article 
Competition between Singlet Fission and Spin-Orbit-Induced Intersystem Crossing in Anthanthrene and Anthanthrone Derivatives 
Jue Bae, Y; Krzyaniak, MD; Majewski, MB; Desroches, M; Morin, JF; Wu, YL; Wasielewski, MR 
2019 
1 
ChemPlusChem
EISSN: 2192-6506 
84 
9 
1432-1438 
English 
31944060 
WOS:000482434400001 
Singlet and triplet excited-state dynamics of anthanthrene and anthanthrone derivatives in solution are studied. Triisopropylsilyl- (TIPS) or H-terminated ethynyl groups are used to tune the singlet and triplet energies to enable their potential applications in singlet fission and triplet fusion processes. Time-resolved optical and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopies are used to obtain a mechanistic understanding of triplet formation. The anthanthrene derivatives form triplet states efficiently at a rate (ca. 107  s-1 ) comparable to radiative singlet fluorescence processes with approximately 30 % triplet yields, despite their large S1 -T1 energy gap (>1 eV) and the lack of carbonyl groups. In contrast, anthanthrone has a higher triplet yield (50±10 %) with a faster intersystem crossing rate (2.7 108  s-1 ) because of the n-π* character of the S1 ←S0 transition. Analysis of time-resolved spin-polarized EPR spectra of these compounds reveals that the triplet states are primarily generated by the spin-orbit-induced intersystem crossing mechanism. However, at high concentrations, the EPR spectrum of the 4,6,10,14-tetrakis(TIPS-ethynyl)anthanthrene triplet state shows a significant contribution from a non-Boltzmann population of the ms =0 spin sublevel, which is characteristic of triplet formation by singlet fission.