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Article

A Multiple Stimuli–Responsive Ag/P/S Complex Showing Solvochromic and Mechanochromic Photoluminescence

by
Jia-Jun Yan
1,
Yu Wu
1,
Weijia Zhai
1,
Ningwen Yang
1,
Hong-Xi Li
1,
Wei Yang
2,*,
Chengrong Lu
1,
David James Young
3 and
Zhi-Gang Ren
1,*
1
Suzhou Key Laboratory of Novel Semiconductor-Optoelectronics Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
2
Faculty of Food Science and Technology, Suzhou Polytechnic Institute of Agriculture, Suzhou 215008, China
3
Glasgow College UESTC, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China
*
Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Molecules 2023, 28(14), 5513; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules28145513
Submission received: 5 June 2023 / Revised: 13 July 2023 / Accepted: 18 July 2023 / Published: 19 July 2023
(This article belongs to the Section Inorganic Chemistry)
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Abstract

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The reaction of CF3COOAg, 3-bdppmapy (N,N-bis(diphenylphosphanylmethyl)-3-aminopyridine) and HTZ (1,2,4-triazole-3-thiol) in CH2Cl2/MeOH resulted in a dinuclear Ag/P/S complex [Ag2(TZ)2(3-bdppmapy)2]·xSol (1·xSol). Crystals of 1·xSol converted to 1·2MeOH in air at room temperature and further to 1 under vacuum upon heating. The solid-state, room-temperature photoluminescent emission of 1·xSol (510 nm) shifted to 494 nm (1·2MeOH) and 486 nm (1). Grinding solids of 1·2MeOH in air resulted in amorphous 1G characterized by solid-state emission at 468 nm, which converted to 1GR with 513 nm emission upon MeOH treatment. Grinding 1GR in air returned 1G, and this interconversion was reproducible over five cycles. The solid-state photoluminescence of 1G changed in response to vapors containing low–molecular weight alcohols but remained unchanged after exposure to other volatile organic compounds (VOCs) or to water vapor. Test papers impregnated with 1G could detect methanol in vapors from aqueous solutions at concentrations above 50%. Complex 1G is, therefore, an example of a stimuli-responsive molecular sensor for the detection of alcohols.

1. Introduction

Alcohols are an important class of organic reagents with plentiful applications in food, pharmaceutical, and chemical industries. Low–boiling point alcohols are prone to form vapors that usually exhibit significant impacts on human health. In particular, high-concentration methanol (MeOH) can cause damage to the human nervous system and even lead to death [1,2]. Therefore, the rapid detection of MeOH is of great importance to environmental science. Compared to other common detection methods, photoluminescent sensors have gained interest from researchers as they show various advantages, including cost-effectiveness, high sensitivity, and simple operation. The detection mechanism has been reported mainly within the intermolecular interactions between the MeOH molecule and the major structures of the sensor materials [3,4]. Stimuli-responsive photoluminescent materials have been intensively investigated as smart materials with potential applications, such as sensors and information materials [5,6,7,8,9,10]. Many stimuli-responsive materials allow the tuning of performance and function toward different external stimuli [11,12,13,14,15,16]. Silver(I) complexes have been developed as photoluminescent stimuli-responsive materials with diverse structures and strong emissions [17,18,19]. External stimuli include chemical vapor [20,21,22,23], heat treatment [24,25,26], and mechanical force [27]. Inter- and intra-molecular interactions are likely affected by these stimuli, resulting in changes to emission color or intensity. Consistent with the hard and soft acid–base (HSAB) concept, P and S atoms can form stable coordination bonds with Ag(I) ions. This coordination affects the charge transfer properties of the complex, potentially increasing its luminescence. Other functional groups, such as phenyl, alkyl, and amino groups, may form non-covalent interactions, including π···π, C−H···π, and hydrogen bonds [28,29,30], which influence the rigidity of the structures, suppress non-radiative transitions, and improve luminescence lifetimes [31,32,33]. Koshevoy et al. reported that a series of Cu(I) and Ag(I) thiocyanate complexes containing phosphine ligands showed efficient thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) [34]. Phosphine and SCN ligand affect not only the nuclearity of products but also the characteristics of excited states.
We focused on the design and photoluminescent performance of Ag/P complexes [35] and synthesized a family of such compounds with stimuli-responsive luminescence bearing P/N [36], P/C≡C [37], and P/S [38] hybrid ligands. For instance, a coordination polymer [Au4(dppmt)4(AgCl)2]n with the P/S hybrid ligand dppmtH ((diphenylphosphino)methanethiol) showed selective and reversible vapor-chromic response toward MeOH [39]. Herein, we report the preparation of a dinuclear Ag(I) complex [Ag2(TZ)2(3-bdppmapy)2]·xSol (1·xSol) by the reaction of CF3COOAg with a diphosphine ligand 3-bdppmapy (N,N-bis(diphenylphosphanylmethyl)-3-aminopyridine) and a S/N hybrid ligand HTZ (1,2,4-triazole-3-thiol). The gradual removal of the MeOH molecules from 1·xSol resulted in 1·2MeOH, which exhibited solvochromic and mechanochromic photoluminescence.

2. Results and Discussion

2.1. Synthesis and Characterization

Compound 1·xSol was isolated as single crystals by the reaction of CF3COOAg, 3-bdppmapy, and HTZ (molar ratio of 1:1:1) in CH2Cl2/MeOH, followed by slow diffusion with hexane (Figure 1).
Single-crystal X-ray diffraction (SCXRD) analysis of 1·xSol at 120 K revealed that it crystallized in the triclinic Pī space group. Each asymmetric unit contained one [Ag2(TZ)2(3-bdppmapy)2] molecule and two MeOH solvent molecules. As shown in Figure 1, each Ag(I) atom was tetrahedrally coordinated with two S atoms from two TZ− anions and two P atoms from one cleating 3-bdppmapy ligand. The Ag1−Ag2 distance of 3.3076(5) Å was shorter than the sum of van der Waals radii of two Ag atoms (3.44 Å), indicating the existence of a weak argentophilic interaction. Each TZ− anion bridged two Ag(I) atoms, thus forming a quadrilateral Ag2S2 plane. The bond lengths of Ag1−S1, Ag1−S2, Ag2−S1, and Ag2−S2 were 2.6388(10), 2.5856(10), 2.6173(10), and 2.5932(10) Å, respectively. The triazole groups of the two TZ− anions extended to the same side of the Ag2S2 plane.
Only two MeOH molecules were successfully located from the Fourier map and connected to the major structure via hydrogen bonds (Table 1 and Figure 2a). There was no coordination interaction between Ag(I) atoms and these MeOH molecules. Other solvent molecules were not located at appropriate positions. Upon treating the data with the SQUEEZE (in PLATON v1.18) program, a large void with a volume of 1237 Å3 was found in each cell (Figure 2b), which was about 30% of the total cell volume.
The PXRD pattern of as-synthesized 1·xSol fit well with that simulated from the SCXRD data (Figure 3). The TGA curve of 1·xSol in a stream of N2 (Figure S1, Supplementary Materials) indicated that all lattice solvent molecules escaped over the range of ambient temperature to 100 °C, while the major structure remained stable until 150 °C. The theoretical electron number (406 electrons in the lattice voids of each cell) reported by the SQUEEZE program matched 11.3 MeOH molecules relative to each major structure [40,41]. Because the desolvation of the solvent molecules at room temperature was quite fast, the TGA measurement of 1·xSol (Figure S1) could not give an accurate x value. We, therefore, measured the weights of a portion of as-synthesized 1·xSol before and after vacuum treatment at room temperature. With the rapid desolvation, the weight losses in several repeated experiments fluctuated between 21% and 17%, which correlated to 12 and 9.4 MeOH molecules, respectively. Thus, the solvent was speculated to be 11.4–14 MeOH molecules upon considering the 2 hydrogen-bonded MeOH molecules. When 1·xSol was left in air for more than one day or under vacuum for 0.5–12 h at ambient temperature, the TGA curve of the resulting solid showed a weight loss of 3.9% below 100 °C, which matched with the removal of two MeOH molecules (Calcd 4.4%), suggesting a molecular formula of 1·2MeOH. Based on the SCXRD results, these two residual MeOH molecules are most likely the two hydrogen-bonded solvates. The completely desolvated compound 1 was prepared by heating 1·xSol or 1·2MeOH at 70 °C under vacuum for more than 2 h.
The rapid desolvation of 1·xSol was accompanied by obvious crystal cracking. N2 sorption measurements for crystals of 1·2MeOH and 1 revealed that their BET surface areas were nearly zero, which indicated the original void structures of 1·xSol had totally collapsed when the solvent molecules escaped. We supposed that because there was no other obvious intermolecular interaction between the major structures except for the aforementioned hydrogen bonds, the large voids in 1·xSol were only propped open by the solvent molecules and thus were quite unstable. In addition, the PXRD pattern of 1·2MeOH showed it was crystalline (Figure 3), whereas that of 1 indicated it was nearly amorphous. These significantly changed patterns indicated that stepwise phase transitions occurred when the solvent molecules were gradually eliminated from the lattice voids. Sample 1R was generated by immersing crystals of 1 in a drop of liquid MeOH or exposure for several minutes to a stream of air saturated with MeOH and showed a similar TGA weight loss (Figure S1) and PXRD pattern to those of 1·xSol, indicating that the phase transitions were reversible.
Solids of 1·2MeOH were stable in air and moisture; soluble in DMF and DMSO; slightly soluble in CH2Cl2 and acetone; and insoluble in Et2O, hexane, and water. The IR spectrum of 1·2MeOH (Figure S2) revealed that vibration related to the S−H group at 2613 cm−1 in HTZ disappeared, while the stretching vibration of the triazole group at 1557 cm−1 shifted to 1670 cm−1, indicating the thiol group was deprotonated during the synthesis. The 1H NMR (in DMSO-d6, Figure S3) spectrum contained signals for the −CH3 (3.50 ppm, 6H), −CH2− (4.85 ppm, 8H), −Ph, −Py, and TZ− (6.54–7.92 ppm, 52H). The 31P NMR (in DMSO-d6, Figure S5) spectrum consisted of a signal centered at −9.19 ppm attributed to −PPh2. 1·2MeOH was stable toward natural light, while the photosensitivity experiment by placing the solids under a 365 nm LED (0.5W, light area 0.8 × 0.8 cm2) indicated it remained unchanged in the first 15 min, whereas it turned yellow and gray after longer irradiation (0.5 to 15 h). Hence, strong and long-term UV irradiation may cause the decomposition and demonstrate the moderate photostability of this compound.

2.2. Photoluminescent Properties

2.2.1. Solvochromic Photoluminescence

The interconversions of 1·xSol, 1·2MeOH, 1, and 1R brought about visible changes in solid-state photoluminescence. As shown in Figure 4, these compounds exhibited a similar maximum excitation wavelength (λex) of 367 nm at room temperature (298 K), while the maximum emission wavelengths (λem) were at 510 nm (1·xSol and 1R), 494 nm (1·2MeOH), and 486 nm (1). The maximum λex and λem of 1·xSol and 1R were similar, which supports the earlier conclusion from X-ray diffraction analysis that these compounds have the same structure. The quantum yields (QYs) and emission lifetimes (τ, Figure S6) were an unmeasured QY and 3.51 ns (1·xSol, QY not measured because this complex loses MeOH quickly in air), 2.7% and 10.96 ns (1·2MeOH), and 2.3% and 10.64 ns (1).
The relatively short lifetimes indicated that the emissions were due to fluorescence, which is rare in Ag(I) compounds. To further investigate this photoluminescence behavior, we measured the temperature-dependent emission spectra of 1·2MeOH. As shown in Figure 5, 1·2MeOH exhibited typical dual emission in the lower temperature range of 80–200 K. The maximum emission wavelengths at 80 K were 465 nm (high energy band (HE), τ = 12.28 ns) and 516 nm (low energy band (LE), τ = 10.37 ms). The long emission lifetime of the LE band indicated the existence of phosphorescence at lower temperatures. This band gradually weakened and finally disappeared at higher temperatures above 240 K. The lifetime τ of the HE band at 80 K was close to that at 298 K, while the wavelength at 80 K slightly red-shifted (29 nm) when the temperature rose to 298 K. We, therefore, speculate that, because the reverse intersystem crossing (RISC) from T1 to S1 states was partly inhibited at lower temperatures [42], the phosphorescent LE band that related to the T1→S0 transition was detectable. As the temperature increased, the RISC was promoted and thus brought about the vanish of the LE band, leaving only the fluorescent HE band that related to the S1→S0 transition. Therefore, the photoluminescent behavior of 1·2MeOH was supposed to be a TADF process [43].
Time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT) calculations based on the SCXRD data of 1·xSol were used to calculate the frontier orbital distributions. As shown in Figure 6, the HOMOs primarily consisted of the d orbitals of Ag(I) atoms (along the Ag-S bond direction) and the π orbital of the triazole ring, while the LUMOs distributed over the π* orbitals of the −Ph groups in 3-bdppmapy, which suggested that excitation was the mixed metal-to-ligand charge transfer (MLCT) and ligand-to-ligand charge transfer (LLCT) [44,45,46]. Calculations based on 1·2MeOH and 1 were not performed because of a lack of SCXRD data. Attempts to change the number of MeOH molecules did not give satisfactory results. Therefore, the calculations could not give the difference in HOMO–LUMO gaps between 1·xSol, 1·2MeOH, and 1.
The IR band (Figure S11) at 1679 cm−1 (TZ−) in the spectrum of 1·xSol was slightly split for 1·2MeOH and for 1. The bands at 1568 cm−1 (−Ph) and 1588 cm−1 (−Py) in 1·xSol slightly shifted to 1565 cm−1 and 1581 cm−1 in 1·2MeOH and 1 and to 1564 cm−1 and almost absent in 1, respectively. These changes are consistent with the elimination of solvent molecules and the cracking of voids, giving rise to additional intermolecular π···π interactions among the −Ph, −Py, and triazine rings. We propose that the blue shift of the emission from 1·xSol (510 nm) to 1·2MeOH (494 nm) and 1 (486 nm) was caused by the variation of the energy levels of the excited and ground states that was affected by these intermolecular interactions.

2.2.2. Mechanochromic Photoluminescence

Grinding 1·2MeOH with a mortar for 2 min in air resulted in white-powder 1G, which emitted dark blue at 468 nm (Figure 7). 1G could also be prepared with a similar treatment using 1 as the starting material. When 1G was treated with MeOH vapor, the resulting solid 1GR emitted green at 513 nm. Repeating this mechanical grinding and MeOH vapor treatment cycle five times led to reproducible chromic changes associated with the interconversion of 1G and 1GR (Figure S12).
The IR spectra of 1G and 1GR were similar to those of 1 and 1·xSol, respectively (Figure S11). The PXRD pattern of 1G (Figure S13) implied it was totally amorphous, while that of 1GR was similar to that of 1·xSol. The TGA measurement of 1G found no weight loss below 150 °C (Figure S1), whereas that of 1GR showed a weight loss of 3.3% at the same temperature, consistent with the loss of 1.5 MeOH (Calcd 3.3%) for each molecule of 1. Thus, we propose that the structure of 1G is similar to that of 1, although there is some difference in their respective TGA curves at higher temperatures (>320 °C). We hypothesize that the mechanical forces of grinding disrupted the hydrogen bonds between the complex and MeOH solvate, leading to the elimination of MeOH molecules and the loss of crystallinity. Moreover, the unit cell of 1GR could be restored to that of 1·xSol upon treatment with MeOH vapor, resulting in similar PXRD patterns and IR spectra. However, the binding and stoichiometry of the solvate MeOH molecules were different than those of 1·2MeOH. Therefore, the emission wavelength of 1G (468 nm) was different than that of 1 (486 nm), while that of 1GR (513 nm) was quite close to that of 1·xSol (510 nm) and significantly different from that of 1·2MeOH (494 nm).

2.3. Photoluminescent Sensing of Alcohols

The conversion of 1G to 1GR was accompanied by a relatively large shift in emission wavelength (45 nm) that was discernible to the naked eye, and so this interconversion was investigated for the selective sensing of alcohols. As shown in Figure 8, when 1G was exposed to water vapor or to the vapor of common organic compounds for 5 min, its emission wavelength remained essentially the same, except when the vapor was saturated with a low–molecular weight alcohol. We suggest that only alcohols are capable of interacting with 1G to promote the conversion to 1GR and accompanying photochromism. Other molecules either lack the −OH group or are too small (e.g., H2O) to expand the distance between 1G molecules.
Solids of 1G were exposed to vapors from aqueous MeOH solutions of different concentrations, and their emission spectra were recorded (Figure 9, left). The emission wavelength of 1G after treatment remained unchanged when the aqueous mixture contained 40% (v/v) or less MeOH but shifted to 505–513 nm for concentrations above 50%. We, therefore, prepared test papers containing finely ground 1G, which was colorless in natural daylight and emitted blue under 365 nm UV light. The emission color changed from blue to green when treated with vapors of aqueous MeOH containing more than 50% MeOH, indicating this test paper could serve as a crude sensor for the detection of MeOH in water.

3. Experimental Section

3.1. Materials, Characterization, and Measurements

3-Bdppmapy was prepared using a method from the literature [47]. All other materials were supplied from commercial sources and used as received. Elemental analyses (EAs) were performed on a Carlo-Erba CHNO-S microanalyzer. Powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) patterns were recorded on a Bruker D2 Phaser X-ray diffractometer with a Cu Kα source (30 kV, 10 mA). IR spectra were acquired on a Bruker VERTEX 70+ HYPERION 2000 spectrometer. Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) data were performed on a TA SDT2960 analyzer from room temperature to 500 °C under a nitrogen atmosphere, with a heating rate of 10 °C/min. NMR spectra were recorded on a Varian UNITY plus-400 MHz NMR instrument at ambient temperature. Photoluminescence measurements, transient photoluminescence, and quantum yield measurements were conducted using an FLS-1000 (Edinburgh Instruments, Livingston, UK) spectrometer.

3.2. Synthesis

3.2.1. Synthesis of 1·xSol

CF3COOAg (26.4 mg, 0.12 mmol) and HTZ (12 mg, 0.12 mmol) were added to a mixed CH2Cl2/MeOH (v/v = 2:1, 6.0 mL) solvent, and the solution was stirred for 1 h at ambient temperature. 3-Bdppmapy (56.1 mg, 0.12 mmol) was added with further stirring over 2 h. The resulting solution was filtered and diffused with hexane. Colorless block crystals of [Ag2(TZ)2(3-bdppmapy)2]·xSol (1·xSol) formed in 5 days. Yield: 105 mg (95% based on Ag).

3.2.2. Synthesis of 1·2MeOH

1·2MeOH was prepared by evacuating 1·xSol in air for two days or under vacuum for 12 h at room temperature, while 1 was produced via vacuum treatment for 6 h at 70 °C. The yields were almost quantitative. Anal. Calcd for C68H68Ag2N10O2P4S2: C 55.90, H 4.69, N 9.59. Found C 55.26, H 4.10, N 9.04. IR (ATR, cm−1): 3355 (w), 3053 (w), 2932 (w), 2824 (w),1687 (m), 1666 (m), 1581 (m), 1565 (m), 1485 (m), 1433 (m), 1376 (m), 1275 (w), 1247 (w), 1226 (m), 1196 (m), 1129 (w), 1096 (s), 966 (w), 848 (m), 794 (m), 741 (s), 694 (s). 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6, 298 K, ppm) δ 7.92 (s, 3H), 7.51 (s, 18H), 7.34 (t, J = 7.4 Hz, 11H), 7.16 (t, J = 7.4 Hz, 16H), 6.54 (s, 4H), 4.85 (s, 8H), 3.50 (s, 6H). 13C NMR (101 MHz, DMSO-d6, 298 K, ppm) δ 167.4, 158.5, 158.2, 144.4, 133.6, 132.1, 130.8, 129.1, 122.8, 119.3, 116.3, 55.6, 14.4. 31P NMR (162 MHz, DMSO-d6, 298 K, ppm) δ −9.19.

3.2.3. Synthesis of 1

1·2MeOH (20 mg) was placed in a glass tube, which was heated in a 70 °C oil bath and kept under vacuum for 3 h. The resulting solid 1 was then collected. Anal. Calcd for C66H60Ag2N10P4S2: C 56.74, H 4.33, N 10.02. Found C 56.40, H 4.32, N 9.78.

3.2.4. Synthesis of 1G

1·2MeOH (10 mg) was ground in a mortar in air at ambient temperature for 2 min. The resulting solid 1G was carefully collected for further experiments. Anal. Calcd for C66H60Ag2N10P4S2: C 56.74, H 4.33, N 10.02. Found C 55.74, H 4.22, N 9.69.

3.2.5. Synthesis of 1GR

A small beaker (5 mL) containing 1G (10 mg) was placed in a 50 mL beaker containing 10 mL MeOH, which was then sealed and left at ambient temperature for more than 0.5 h to accomplish the change. The resulting solid 1GR was then collected directly from the beaker. Anal. Calcd for C67.5H66Ag2N10O1.5P4S2: C 56.10, H 4.60, N 9.69. Found C 55.95, H 4.49, N 9.85.

3.3. Solvochromic Experiments of 1G toward VOCs and H2O

1G (1 mg) was coated on a quartz slide and then sealed in a quartz cell with a small tube containing 0.5 mL solvent or water. The emission spectra were then recorded after 5 minutes of exposure.

3.4. Preparation of the Test Paper

1G (6 mg) was finely ground and then suspended in Et2O (3 mL) with sonication. The mixture was dropped onto filter paper strips (1 × 5 cm2), which were left to dry in air.

3.5. Single-Crystal X-ray Diffraction (SCXRD) Determination of 1·xSol

A single crystal of 1·xSol was selected directly from the synthesis. The diffraction data were collected on a Bruker Apex-II diffractometer using graphite-monochromated Mo Kα (λ = 0.71073 Å) radiation at 120 K. The data were reduced by Bruker SAINT [48], while an adsorption correction (multi-scan) was applied using SADABS-2016/2 [49]. The structure was solved using direct methods and refined using full-matrix least-squares methods against F2 by SHELXL-2016/6 (Sheldrick, 2016) [50]. All non-hydrogen atoms were refined anisotropically. The hydrogen atoms of the −OH groups of MeOH were first located from a Fourier map and then refined to ride on the O atoms. All other hydrogen atoms were added in idealized positions and constrained to ride on their parent atoms. The unlocated solvent molecules were analyzed by the SQUEEZE (in PLATON v1.18) program. A summary of the key crystallographic data is given in Table 2. Selected bond lengths and angles are listed in Table S1.

3.6. TD-DFT Computational Details

Computational investigations were carried out using the Gaussian 16 (Rev C.01) software package using DFT and TD-DFT methods [51,52,53]. The CIF data of the crystal structure of 1·xSol was used as the initial structure. The heavy atoms were frozen, and the H atoms were optimized at the PBE0-GD3BJ/def2SVP level [54]. The above optimization results were used to calculate the excited states of S0-S50 using the TD-DFT method at the PBE0-GD3BJ/def2TZVP level [55,56].

4. Conclusions

We synthesized a dinuclear Ag/P/S complex [Ag2(TZ)2(3-bdppmapy)2]·xSol (1·xSol). The gradual loss and rebinding of the solvent molecules resulted in reversible interconversions between 1·xSol, 1·2MeOH, and 1, accompanied by solid-state photoluminescent emission changes. Grinding solids of 1·2MeOH resulted in the formation of 1G, which gave 1GR in MeOH vapor. The interconversion of 1G and 1GR was reversible, as indicated by PXRD analysis and an associated emission color change between blue and green. Complex 1G could be used as a selective sensor for the detection of alcohols. A test paper was prepared to detect MeOH vapor from aqueous mixtures. We propose that this solvochromic and mechanochromic photoluminescent behavior could be attributed to a change of intermolecular interactions that affected the energy levels of the excited and ground states during the mixed MLCT and LLCT process. This work provides an interesting example of multiple stimuli–responsive chromic photoluminescent Ag(I) complexes involving the introduction of phosphine and thiolate ligands.

Supplementary Materials

The following supporting information can be downloaded at https://www.mdpi.com/article/10.3390/molecules28145513/s1. Table S1: Selected bond lengths (Å) and angles (°) for 1·xSol; Figure S1: TGA curves of 1·xSol, 1·2MeOH, 1, 1R, 1G, and 1GR under N2 atmosphere; Figure S2: IR spectra of 1·2MeOH and HTZ; Figures S3–S5: 1H, 13C, and 31P NMR spectra of 1·2MeOH; Figures S6–S8: Transient photoluminescent data for 1·xSol, 1·2MeOH, and 1 at ambient temperature; Figures S9 and S10: Transient photoluminescent data for 1·2MeOH at 80 K; Figure S11: IR spectra of 1·xSol, 1·2MeOH, 1, 1G, 1GR, and 3-bdppmapy in the region of 1800–1300 cm−1; Figure S12: Emission wavelength of 1G/1GR upon exposure to MeOH vapor and grinding over five cycles; Figure S13: PXRD patterns of 1·xSol, 1·2MeOH, 1G, and 1GR.

Author Contributions

J.-J.Y., Y.W., W.Z., N.Y. and W.Y. conceived the study. C.L. performed the TD-DFT calculations. Z.-G.R., J.-J.Y., H.-X.L. and D.J.Y. drafted the manuscript and prepared the figures. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

Funding

This work was financially supported by the Suzhou Science and Technology Plan Project (Grant No. SGC2021016) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 21671144).

Institutional Review Board Statement

Not applicable.

Informed Consent Statement

Not applicable.

Data Availability Statement

The crystallographic data are available from the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC number 2266377). Other data not presented in the Supplementary Materials are available on request from the corresponding author.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Sample Availability

Not applicable.

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Figure 1. Synthesis and crystal structure of 1·xSol with 50% thermal ellipsoids. All hydrogen atoms except for those of the N−H···O bonds are omitted for clarity.
Figure 1. Synthesis and crystal structure of 1·xSol with 50% thermal ellipsoids. All hydrogen atoms except for those of the N−H···O bonds are omitted for clarity.
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Figure 2. (a) The hydrogen bonds (dashed lines) in 1·xSol. (b) Packing of molecular arrays in 1·xSol viewing along the c axis. All hydrogen atoms except for those of the N−H···O and O−H···N bonds are omitted.
Figure 2. (a) The hydrogen bonds (dashed lines) in 1·xSol. (b) Packing of molecular arrays in 1·xSol viewing along the c axis. All hydrogen atoms except for those of the N−H···O and O−H···N bonds are omitted.
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Figure 3. (a) Interconversions and (b) PXRD patterns of 1·xSol, 1·2MeOH, 1, and 1R.
Figure 3. (a) Interconversions and (b) PXRD patterns of 1·xSol, 1·2MeOH, 1, and 1R.
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Figure 4. (Left) Excitation (dotted lines) and emission (solid lines) spectra of 1·xSol, 1·2MeOH, 1, and 1R and (right) photos of these compounds under 365 nm excitation.
Figure 4. (Left) Excitation (dotted lines) and emission (solid lines) spectra of 1·xSol, 1·2MeOH, 1, and 1R and (right) photos of these compounds under 365 nm excitation.
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Figure 5. Temperature-dependent emission spectra of 1·2MeOH from 80 K to 360 K with 40 K temperature interval (λex = 373 nm).
Figure 5. Temperature-dependent emission spectra of 1·2MeOH from 80 K to 360 K with 40 K temperature interval (λex = 373 nm).
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Figure 6. The distribution of HOMOs and LUMOs in 1·xSol.
Figure 6. The distribution of HOMOs and LUMOs in 1·xSol.
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Figure 7. (Left) Emission spectra of 1·2MeOH, 1G, and 1GR under 367 nm excitation. (Right) Photos of 1G and 1GR under 365 nm LED irradiation.
Figure 7. (Left) Emission spectra of 1·2MeOH, 1G, and 1GR under 367 nm excitation. (Right) Photos of 1G and 1GR under 365 nm LED irradiation.
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Figure 8. The emission spectra of 1G upon exposure to solvent vapors (PE: petroleum ether; MeCN: acetonitrile; EA: ethyl acetate; PrOH: propanol; iPrOH: iso-propanol).
Figure 8. The emission spectra of 1G upon exposure to solvent vapors (PE: petroleum ether; MeCN: acetonitrile; EA: ethyl acetate; PrOH: propanol; iPrOH: iso-propanol).
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Figure 9. (left) Emission spectra of 1G after exposure to mixed MeOH/H2O vapors of different MeOH content (λex = 367 nm). (right) Test papers under natural daylight and under 365 nm UV light after exposure to MeOH/H2O vapors.
Figure 9. (left) Emission spectra of 1G after exposure to mixed MeOH/H2O vapors of different MeOH content (λex = 367 nm). (right) Test papers under natural daylight and under 365 nm UV light after exposure to MeOH/H2O vapors.
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Table 1. Hydrogen bond lengths (Å) and angles (°) in 1·xSol.
Table 1. Hydrogen bond lengths (Å) and angles (°) in 1·xSol.
D−H···AD−HH···AD···AD−H···A
N3−H3N···O10.881.892.739(6)160.3
N8−H8N···O20.881.922.771(6)161.9
O1−H1A···N1 i0.851.882.726(5)174.7
O2−H2A···N6 ii0.851.862.711(5)178.0
Symmetry codes for i: 1-x, 1-y, 1-z. Symmetry codes for ii: 1-x, -y, 2-z.
Table
Table 2. Selected crystallographic data and refinement parameters for 1·xSol.
Table 2. Selected crystallographic data and refinement parameters for 1·xSol.
Compound1·xSol
Empirical formulaC68H68Ag2N10O2P4S2
Formula weight1461.06
Crystal systemTriclinic
Space groupPī
a/Å16.3659(15)
b/Å17.0033(15)
c/Å17.3911(15)
α/°107.557(2)
β/°105.421(2)
γ/°101.808(3)
Volume/Å34228.9(7)
Z2
ρcalc g/cm31.147
μ/mm−10.629
F(000)1496
R1 a0.0621
wR2 b0.1846
GOF c1.052
a R1 = Σ||Fo|−|Fc||/Σ|Fo|. b wR2 = {Σw(Fo2 − Fc2)2/Σw(Fo2)2}1/2. c GOF = {Σw((Fo2 − Fc2)2)/(n − p)}1/2, where n is the number of reflections and p is the total number of parameters refined.
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