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Raman and Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering Study of the Orientation of Cruciform 9,10-Anthracene Thiophene and Furan Derivatives Deposited on a Gold Colloidal Surface

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Journal of Molecular Structure, (2016)
DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2016.06.002

Abstract

The 9,10-di(thiophen-2-yl)anthracene (TAT), 9,10-di(furan-2-yl)anthracene (FAF) and 2-(10-(thiophen-2-yl)anthracen-9-yl)furan (TAF) cruciform molecular systems were synthesized using one-step coupling reactions and structurally characterized via Raman, infrared, H-1 NMR, C-13 NMR and mass spectroscopies. The orientation of the analytes on a gold colloidal surface was inferred from a surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) study. The metal surface interaction was driven by the S and O atoms of the thiophene and furan alpha-substituents, and the plane of the anthracene fragment remained parallel to the surface. Theoretical calculations based on a simplified molecular model for the analyte-surface interaction provide a good representation of the experimental data.

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