Fluorinated Trimers for Enhancing the Stability and Solubility of Organic Small Molecules Without Spectral Shifts: Ultrastable Ultraviolet Absorbers for Transparent Polyimide Films.

ABSTRACT: The development of highly stable organic small molecules for optical applications is of growing interest. Multimerization of monomeric small molecules can enhance stability via increased π-π stacking, but it often reduces solubility and induces undesirable spectral shifts due to π-extension. To overcome this trade-off, we report a trimeric small molecule (F-TPBT) derived from a model monomer (Tinuvin 327) using a 1,3,5-fluorinated phenyl linker. This design markedly improves thermal stability and solubility while minimizing changes in the optical absorption spectrum. F-TPBT shows superior thermal properties (5 wt% decomposition temperature = 427 °C; weight loss after 1 hour at 300 °C = 0.32 wt%) and excellent solubility (5.3 wt% in dichloromethane; 6.4 wt% in N-methylpyrrolidone (NMP)), wi

SUBMITTER: Hwang TG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12351421 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature