Optical absorption measurements and quantum-chemical simulations of optical properties of novel fluoro derivatives of pyrazoloquinoline

The results of experimental research and quantum-chemical simulations of the absorption spectra of 1-(4-fluorophenyl)-3,4-diphenyl, 3-(4-fluorophenyl)-1,4-diphenyl, and 4-(4-fluorophenyl)-1,3-diphenyl-pyrazolo[3,4-b] quinoline are presented. Although the fluorine atom is located on different phenyl rings in these molecules, the absorption spectra do not differ significantly. Semi-empirical AM1, PM3 and RM1 methods, as well as ab initio ADF code-based calculations were used to optimize geometry, calculate the infrared and visible spectra of the afore mentioned compounds and analyze the molecular orbitals schemes. The results of calculations are in good agreement with the experimental data. It was also demonstrated that the positions of the fluorescence maxima depend significantly on the solvent (contrary to the absorption spectra), in which the molecules are embedded, which allows for manipulating with fluorescence properties of the synthesized molecules by changing the solvent.