Research Article

A White-Light-Emitting Small Molecule: Synthesis, Crystal Structure, and Optical Properties

Table 1

Comparison of the experimental and optimized geometric parameters of 1.

X-ray DFT

Bond lengths (Å)
 C(1)–O(1)1.357(2)1.348
 C(7)–O(2)1.222(2)1.233
 C(1)–C(2)1.390(3)1.407
 C(3)–C(4)1.396(3)1.409
 C(4)–C(5)1.376(2)1.387
 C(5)–C(6)1.399(2)1.409
 C(7)–C(8)1.495(2)1.492
 C(9)–C(10)1.361(2)1.370
 C(11)–C(12)1.426(2)1.433
 C(15)–C(16)1.419(2)1.423
 C(18)–C(19)1.538(3)1.539

Bond angles (°)
 O(1)–C(1)–C(6)121.7(2)121.3
 C(6)–C(1)–C(2)118.1(2)117.8
 C(4)–C(5)–C(6)120.3(2)119.6
 C(7)–C(8)–C(9)108.1(2)108.3
 C(10)–C(11)–C(12)119.9(2)120.1
 C(14)–C(15)–C(16)117.0(2)117.2
 C(10)–C(11)–C(17)122.3(2)122.1
 C(15)–C(18)–C(19)111.5(2)109.4

Torsion angles (°)
 O(1)–C(1)–C(2)–C(3)−178.8(2)−179.9
 C(3)–C(4)–C(5)–C(9)179.6(2)179.9
 C(6)–C(5)–C(9)–C(10) 179.1(2) 179.9
 C(17)–C(11)–C(12)–C(13) −178.2(2) −179.9