Supporting Information Fluorescent coumarin derivatives with viscosity sensitive emission - synthesis, photophysical properties and computational studies Kiran R. Phatangare, Sandip K. Lanke, Nagaiyan Sekar* Department of Intermediate and Dyestuff Technology Institute of Chemical Technology (Formerly UDCT), N. P. Marg, Matunga, Mumbai - 400 019. Maharashtra, India. Email: n.sekar@ictmumbai.edu.in, nethi.sekar@gmail.com Table of Contents: SI-Table 1 Observed UV-visible absorption and vertical excitation of coumarin 4 in different solvents. ………………………………………………………………… 2-3 SI-Table 2 Observed UV-visible absorption, excitation and vertical excitation of coumarin 5 in different solvents…………………………………………………… 3-4 SI-Table 3 Observed UV-visible absorption and vertical excitation of coumarin 6 in different solvents. …………………………………………………………………. 4-5 SI-Table 4 Observed UV-visible absorption and vertical excitation of coumarin 7 in different solvents…………………………………………………..... 6-7 SI-Table 5 Thermal Gravimetric Analysis (TGA) of compound 4-7………………. 7 SI-Table 6 Synthesis of benzazolyl-benzo[f]chromen-3-one from 3-(1,3-benzazol-2- yl)naphthalen-2-ol ……………………………………………… 8 1H NMR and Mass Spectra ……………………………………………………….. 9-13 Cartesian Coordinates ……………………………………………………………… 14-18 1 SI-Table 1. Observed UV-visible absorption and vertical excitation of compound 4 in different solvents.a Experimentalb TD-DFTc Exc Abs Molar Vertical λ Solvent λ absorptivity Excitation (nm) f Assignment (nm) (a) nm eV 306 4.0580 0.4425 H→L+1 (65%)d L mol-1 cm-1 314 37932.0 329 36624.0 349 3.5503 0.1795 H-1→L (66%)e 314 40548.0 306 4.0557 0.4489 H→L+1 (65%)d 329 36297.0 350 3.5472 0.1829 H-1→L (66%)e 317 36951.0 274 306 4.0564 0.4465 H→L+1 (65%)d 329 37278.0 308 349 3.5502 0.1815 H-1→L (66%)e 320 35610.3 282 306 4.0489 0.4642 H→L+1 (66%)d 329 30672.6 303 350 3.5472 0.1917 H-1→L (66%)e 317 30378.3 340 306 4.0564 0.4473 H→L+1 (65%)d 317 39567.0 270 306 4.0536 0.4515 H→L+1 (65%)d 332 39567.0 352 351 3.5312 0.1856 H-1→L (67%)e 317 37932.0 306 4.0524 0.3020 H→L+1 (55%)d 353 3.5133 0.1796 H-1→L (67%)e 271 MeOH 268 EtOH ACN DMF Acetone DCM 273 CHCl3 329 32373.0 317 40875.0 274 306 4.0584 0.3724 H→L+1 (61%)d 332 34989.0 307 352 3.5233 0.1752 H-1→L (67%)e EtOAc 2 317 41202.0 332 36951.0 4.0557 0.4358 H→L+1 (61%)d 351 3.5278 0.1817 H-1→L (67%)e 376 THF a 306 Analysis were carried out at room temperature (25 ºC); b Experimentally observed λmax; c TD- DFT computations were carried out with the use of optimized structures at B3LYP method with 6-31G(d) basis set;d Only major contributions are presented from excited state 3; e Only major contributions are presented from excited state 2; f = Oscillator strength. SI-Table 2: Observed UV-visible absorption, excitation and vertical excitation of compound 5 in different solvents.a Exptb Solvent TD-DFTc Exc Abs Molar λ absorptivity λ (nm) (a) Vertical Excitation f Assignment (nm) nm eV L mol-1 cm-1 317 27058.0 274 309 4.0065 0.5981 H→L+1 (66%)d 332 25754.0 324 351 3.5310 0.1573 H-1→L (58%)e 320 24450.0 276 310 4.0022 0.6068 H→L+1 (66%)d 335 23472.0 324 351 3.5291 0.1609 H-1→L (57%)e 317 23080.8 310 4.0049 0.6019 H→L+1 (66%)d 351 3.5299 0.1589 H-1→L (59%)e MeOH EtOH 332 ACN 332 27058.0 320 21168.0 284 310 3.9958 0.6217 H→L+1 (66%)d 332 22820.0 305 352 3.5244 0.1677 H-1→L (60%)e DMF 3 Acetone 335 16691.2 343 351 3.5294 0.1608 H-1→L (56%)e 320 17930.0 277 311 3.9904 0.6251 H→L+1 (66%)d 332 21516.0 327 352 3.5264 0.1662 H-2→L (56%)e 320 28036.0 311 3.9811 0.6335 H→L+1 (67%)d 332 29014.0 351 3.5352 0.1210 H-1→L (64%)* 317 26080.0 279 311 3.9920 0.6151 H→L+1 (66%)d 335 23472.0 326 351 3.5295 0.1395 H-2→L (67%)e 332 27058.0 327 351 3.5278 0.1605 H-2→L (62%)e DCM 274 CHCl3 EtOAc THF a Analysis were carried out at room temperature (25 ºC); b Experimentally observed λmax; c TD-DFT computations were carried out with the use of optimized structures at B3LYP method with 6-31G(d) basis set; d Only major contributions from excited state 4 are presented; e Only major contributions from excited state 2 are presented; f = Oscillator strength. * Only major contributions from excited state 3 are presented; f = Oscillator strength. SI-Table 3: Observed UV-visible absorption and vertical excitation of compound 6 in different solvents.a Exptb Solvent TD-DFTc Abs Molar Exc Vertical λ absorptivity λ Excitation (nm) (a) f Assignment 0.5090 H→L+1 (66%)d (nm) nm eV 313 3.9634 L mol-1 cm-1 MeOH 317 26605.0 284 4 332 22536.0 357 3.4741 0.1370 H-1→L (67%) e 317 25666.0 313 3.9608 0.5152 H→L+1 (67%)d 329 20658.0 357 3.4722 0.1404 H-1→L (67%) e 329 18154.0 357 3.4737 0.1391 H-1→L (67%) e 317 20814.5 314 3.9528 0.5288 H→L+1 (67%)d 335 13146.0 357 3.4707 0.1496 H-1→L (67%) e 335 19719.0 343 357 3.4717 0.1395 H-1→L (67%) e 317 37560.0 292 313 3.9601 0.5232 H→L+1 (67%)d 332 33178.0 347 358 3.4654 0.1439 H-1→L (67%) e 317 23162.0 313 3.9646 0.5181 H→L+1 (67%)d 332 19093.0 358 3.4599 0.1434 H-1→L (67%) e 317 38499.0 312 3.9688 0.5065 H→L+1 (66%)d 284 EtOH ACN 293 DMF Acetone 336 DCM 285 CHCl3 285 EtOAc 332 32865.0 358 3.4647 0.1361 H-1→L (67%) e 317 50393.0 313 3.9635 0.5177 H→L+1 (67%)d 358 3.4649 0.1408 H-1→L (67%)e 306 THF 329 37873.0 a Analysis were carried out at room temperature (25 C); b Experimentally observed λmax; c TD-DFT computations were carried out with the use of optimized structures at B3LYP method with 6-31G(d) basis set; d Only major contributions are from excited state 3 are presented; e Only major contributions are from excited state 2 are presented; f = oscillator strength. 5 SI-Table 4: Observed UV-visible absorption and vertical excitation of compound 7 in different solvents.a Exptb Solvent TD-DFTc Exi Abs Molar λ absorptivity λ Vertical Excitation f (nm) (a) Assignment (nm) nm eV L mol-1 cm-1 321 12480.0 276 314 3.9538 0.5815 H→L+1 (67%)d 336 19032.0 343 353 3.5163 0.1521 H-2→L (49%)e 315 20592.0 276 314 3.9491 0.5900 H→L+1 (67%)d 330 19032.0 331 353 3.5142 0.1554 H-2→L (53%)e 318 17160.0 314 3.9523 0.5855 H→L+1 (67%)d 330 23088.0 353 3.5152 0.1541 H-2→L (48%)e 318 19344.0 308 314 3.9432 0.6063 H→L+1 (67%)d 333 20592.0 354 353 3.5098 0.1637 H-1→L (48%)e 321 21996.0 314 3.9485 0.5894 H→L+1 (67%)d 339 23712.0 353 3.5145 0.1544 H-2→L (56%)e 318 20904.0 308 315 3.9351 0.6050 H→L+1 (67%)d 333 21840.0 343 353 3.5101 0.1440 H-2→L (67%)e 321 42432.0 275 316 3.9229 0.6074 H→L+1 (68%)d 351 23400.0 331 353 3.5143 0.1841 H-2→L (60%)* 318 22152.0 280 315 3.9350 0.5912 H→L+1 (67%)d MeOH EtOH 343 ACN DMF 348 Acetone DCM CHCl3 EtOAc 6 330 19188.0 304 352 3.5204 0.1606 H-2→L (49%)* 324 40809.6 310 315 3.9348 0.6001 H→L+1 (67%)d 348 19156.8 350 353 3.5097 0.1066 H-2→L (65%)e THF a Analysis were carried out at room temperature (25 C); b Experimentally observed λmax; c TD-DFT computations were carried out with the use of optimized structures at B3LYP method with 6-31G(d) basis set; d Only major contributions from excited state 4 are presented; e Only major contributions from excited state 2 are presented; * Only major contributions from excited state 3 are presented; f = Oscillator strength. SI-Table 5: Thermal Gravimetric Analysis (TGA) of compound 4-7.a a Compound TGA (ºC) 4 302 (91.43%) 5 311 (86.67%) 6 337 (96.32%) 7 323 (94.88%) TGA was measured in ºC and measure up to 600 ºC. 7 Table SI 6: Synthesis of benzazolyl-benzo[f]chromen-3-one from 3-(1,3-benzazol-2yl)naphthalen-2-ol 3 a Mp Phenolic component 1 Ester/ Acid 2 Product Time Yield b (˚C) Me O OH O O O O O OEt N 24 h 71 > 300 22 h 65 > 300 22 h 66 N 4 Me OH H N O O O O H N OEt N N 5 H O OH COOH O 292- O N O HO 6 N H OH H N N O COOH O H N HO 23 h 68 > 300 COOH 7 a 295 COOH N Reaction condition: starting compound 1 (0.005 mol), starting compound 2 (0.005 mol), H2SO4 (3 mL), room temperature.b Yield: isolated. 8 1H-NMR of compound 4 9 1H-NMR of compound 5 10 1H-NMR of compound 6 (Expansion) 11 1H-NMR compound 6 12 Mass of compound 7 M+ ion peak 13 Cartesian Coordinates: Compound 4 (Gas Phase) B3LYP optimized structure Energy (RB3LYP) = -1088.51012852 a.u. ----------------------------------------------------------------Center Y Atomic Atomic Coordinates (Angstroms) Number Number Type X Z ----------------------------------------------------------------1 6 0 -4.766673 -2.152655 0.240563 2 6 0 -3.958506 -3.301784 0.132736 3 6 0 -2.597697 -3.145408 0.019085 4 6 0 -2.005688 -1.854873 -0.007803 5 6 0 -2.820152 -0.673389 0.055146 6 6 0 -4.218256 -0.885137 0.204936 7 6 0 -0.598775 -1.746607 -0.061029 8 6 0 0.044081 -0.528591 -0.035496 9 6 0 -0.760464 0.653764 -0.013841 14 10 6 0 -2.166856 0.623657 -0.008826 11 8 0 -0.054804 1.808250 -0.02947 12 6 0 -0.636525 3.076089 -0.031153 13 6 0 -2.075804 3.063851 -0.114041 14 6 0 -2.828997 1.928934 -0.111644 15 6 0 1.510946 -0.543508 -0.057688 16 7 0 2.236541 -1.591652 -0.333352 17 6 0 3.548471 -1.157258 -0.189652 18 6 0 3.533292 0.194621 0.181605 19 8 0 2.222571 0.584208 0.267153 20 6 0 4.769597 -1.820362 -0.353114 21 6 0 5.930502 -1.082654 -0.130817 22 6 0 5.885072 0.275572 0.241131 23 6 0 4.674045 0.950773 0.406289 24 8 0 0.094225 4.037193 0.009505 25 6 0 -4.320261 2.122821 -0.268807 26 1 0 -5.841342 -2.258725 0.361702 27 1 0 -4.404010 -4.291868 0.155726 28 1 0 -1.942144 -4.010263 -0.041275 29 1 0 -4.891434 -0.052844 30 1 0 0.005587 -2.646858 -0.100591 31 1 0 -2.539289 32 1 0 4.801325 -2.866167 -0.641291 0.319500 4.040393 -0.198172 15 33 1 0 6.897629 -1.563483 -0.247391 34 1 0 6.815486 0.812206 0.402698 35 1 0 4.623709 1.996468 0.689534 36 1 0 -4.528730 3.166560 -0.516916 37 1 0 -4.732125 1.498260 -1.067377 38 1 0 -4.864510 1.893544 0.654398 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Cartesian Coordinates: Compound 6 (Gas Phase) B3LYP optimized structure Energy (RB3LYP) = -1049.20057333 a.u. ----------------------------------------------------------------Center Atomic Number Number Atomic Type Coordinates (Angstroms) X Y Z ----------------------------------------------------------------1 6 0 -4.077647 3.521526 0.000000 2 6 0 -2.942937 4.363651 0.000000 16 3 6 0 -1.683851 3.808737 0.000000 4 6 0 -1.510246 2.398950 0.000000 5 6 0 -2.657197 1.543969 0.000000 6 6 0 -3.939634 2.148429 0.000000 7 6 0 -0.215785 1.828341 0.000000 8 6 0 0.000000 0.461480 0.000000 9 6 0 -1.146070 -0.393487 0.000000 10 6 0 -2.446926 0.119650 0.000000 11 6 0 1.390722 -0.000114 0.000000 12 7 0 2.435798 0.780323 0.000000 13 6 0 3.520764 -0.086819 0.000000 14 6 0 3.040295 -1.404087 0.000000 15 6 0 4.899642 0.151018 0.000000 16 6 0 5.738355 -0.961438 0.000000 17 6 0 5.227235 -2.274466 0.000000 18 6 0 3.853953 -2.527187 0.000000 19 8 0 -0.917699 -1.729462 0.000000 20 6 0 -1.928765 -2.702156 0.000000 21 6 0 -3.281089 -2.176240 0.000000 22 6 0 -3.517996 -0.843337 0.000000 23 8 0 -1.592994 -3.861252 0.000000 24 1 0 -5.071909 3.959643 0.000000 25 1 0 -3.068286 5.442449 0.000000 17 26 1 0 -0.799000 4.440017 0.000000 27 1 0 -4.833022 1.533285 0.000000 28 1 0 0.653103 2.478624 0.000000 29 1 0 5.290217 1.163515 0.000000 30 1 0 6.815011 -0.816805 0.000000 31 1 0 5.918608 -3.112169 0.000000 32 1 0 3.446232 -3.532168 0.000000 33 1 0 -4.078815 -2.909842 0.000000 34 1 0 -4.544743 -0.492893 0.000000 35 8 0 1.671326 -1.343591 0.000000 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 18