Synthesis and Aggregation-Induced Emission Properties of New Carbazole-Based Pyranones and their Ring-Transformed Derivatives

Ravi Prakash Vats; Priyanka Pandey; Shashwat Gupta; Suchitra Gupta; Shyamal Pal; Atul Goel

doi:10.1055/a-2367-1988

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Synthesis 2025; 57(01): 115-124
DOI: 10.1055/a-2367-1988

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Special Topic Dedicated to Prof. H. Ila

Synthesis and Aggregation-Induced Emission Properties of New Carbazole-Based Pyranones and their Ring-Transformed Derivatives

Ravi Prakash Vats‡

^aFluorescent Chemistry Lab, Medicinal and Process Chemistry Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, 226031, India

^bAcademy of Scientific and Innovative Research, Ghaziabad 201002, India

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Priyanka Pandey‡

^aFluorescent Chemistry Lab, Medicinal and Process Chemistry Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, 226031, India

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Shashwat Gupta

^aFluorescent Chemistry Lab, Medicinal and Process Chemistry Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, 226031, India

^bAcademy of Scientific and Innovative Research, Ghaziabad 201002, India

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Suchitra Gupta

^aFluorescent Chemistry Lab, Medicinal and Process Chemistry Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, 226031, India

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Shyamal Pal

^aFluorescent Chemistry Lab, Medicinal and Process Chemistry Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, 226031, India

^bAcademy of Scientific and Innovative Research, Ghaziabad 201002, India

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Atul Goel∗

^aFluorescent Chemistry Lab, Medicinal and Process Chemistry Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, 226031, India

^bAcademy of Scientific and Innovative Research, Ghaziabad 201002, India

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This paper is dedicated to Prof. H. Ila on her 80th birthday for her significant contributions to the field of heterocyclic chemistry.

Abstract

A new series of N-phenyl-carbazole (N-phCbz) appended pyranones were designed and synthesized using α-oxo-ketene-S,S-acetal under mild reaction conditions in good yields. The reactivity of donor-acceptor (D-A)-based 2H-pyranones was utilized to develop their ring-transformed benzene-cored N-phenyl-carbazole derivatives. All the synthesized carbazole-based pyranones showed aggregation-induced emission (AIE) characteristics in 80–99% water fraction (f _w) in DMSO. Among all the synthesized compounds, 6-(4-(9H-carbazol-9-yl)phenyl)-4-(methylthio)-2-oxo-2H-pyran-3-carbonitrile exhibited excellent AIE behavior with ca. 70-fold increase in fluorescence in 80% f_w at 550nm. Furthermore, this compound showed exceptionally high fluorescence in nonpolar solvent (THF) as compared to polar solvents such as DMSO (ca. 200-fold increase in fluorescence). The DFT, DSC, and TGA analyses of the synthesized D-π-A compounds suggested the strong electron-donor ability of N-phCbz, with good thermal stability in the range of 231–393 °C. These N-phenyl-carbazole-appended pyranones with interesting AIE properties have great potential as probes for bioimaging applications as well as for optoelectronic materials.

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carbazole - donor-acceptor - 2H-pyranones - AIE - fluorescent probes - bioimaging

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