(E)-1-(9-Anthryl)-2-(10-methyl-9-anthryl)ethene: Molecular Structure and Spectroscopic Properties

Abstract

(E)-1-(9-Anthryl)-2-(10-methyl-9-anthryl) ethelle has been synthesized from 10-methyl-9-anthraldehyde and (9-anthrylmethyl) triphenylphosphonium bromide, and its crystal structure has been determined by X-ray diffraction. Its molecular geometry was found to be such as to have the planes of the two anthracene moieties form an angle of 70.8°, the plane of the ethene bond bring twisted out of the planes of the anthracenes by an angle of about 55°. The intermolecular arrangement of parallel adjacent molecules in the crystal lattice is characterized by shifts about the short and long axes of the anthracenes. The excimer-like crystal fluorescence is attributed to the interplanar distance of 3.5 Ǻ between anthracene π- systems in parallel adjacent molecules. Crystals are triclinic, Pī , a 12.95(1), b 9.316(6), c 9.098(9) Ǻ, α 86.17(7), β 72.26(7), γ 74.61(6)°,Z 2; R was 0.054 for 1059 independent 'observed' reflections.