Wavefunction-based investigation of a fluorinated organic semiconductor


Babali Özen L., Özkan G., Kurt E., Turgut Cin G., Ekici Ö., Gündüz B., ...Daha Fazla

COMPUTATIONAL AND THEORETICAL CHEMISTRY, cilt.1, sa.1, ss.1-35, 2026 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 1 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2026
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.comptc.2026.116066
  • Dergi Adı: COMPUTATIONAL AND THEORETICAL CHEMISTRY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus, Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Chemical Abstracts Core, Chimica, INSPEC
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1-35
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

2-(4-fluorophenyl) - 3 -(4 -hydroxyphenyl)acrylonitrile (F -HPA), a fluorinated π -conjugated organic semiconductor, was synthesized via a green microwave -assisted demethylation strategy and investigated using combined experimental and theoretical approaches. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations showed good agreement with the crystal structure and revealed a resistance to electronic deformation (𝜂 = 1.89 eV) and marked electrophilic character (𝜔 = 4.03 eV) within conceptual DFT framework. TDOS, PDOS, and OPDOS analyses characterized the fragment -resolved orbital compositions, frontier orbital localization, and ground -state bonding/antibonding overlap characteristics of the molecular framework. Harmonic thermodynamic functions ( 𝐶𝑝 , 𝑚 0 , 𝑆𝑚0 , 𝐻𝑚0 ) evaluated across 100 –1000 K under the statistical rigid -rotor/harmonic -oscillator (RRHO ) framework were systematically parameterized using second -order polynomial regressions ( 𝑅 2 ≥ 0.9994). UV –Vis measurements demonstrated concentration -dependent near -ultraviolet absorption at ~320 nm, while Tauc analysis yielded method - dependent optical band -gap estimates of 3.257 –3.180 eV using the conventional procedure and 3.4168 – 3.3981 eV using the automated linear -region selection approach. These findings provide the combined crystallographic, spectroscopic, and molecular electronic analyses provide a structure –electronic –optical description of F -HPA and establish a basis for further investigation of fluorinated acrylonitrile chromophores in near -ultraviolet optoelectronic systems.