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    Kolcu, Feyza; Kaya, İsmet

    Synthetic metals, October 2021, 2021-10-00, 20211001, Volume: 280
    Journal Article

    The insightful mechanism of two oligomerization methods using either horseradish peroxide (HRP)/hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) (enzymatic approach), or H2O2 (35% aqueous) (chemical approach) on 4-phenoxy aniline (PA) and 4-(4-chlorophenoxy)aniline (PACl) as two amino-functional monomers was studied. Four oligomers synthesized were described by FT-IR, UV-Vis, 1H-NMR and 13C-NMR techniques for the molecular structure analysis. The oligomers substituted with chlorine had stronger electron acceptor ability, which enhanced the intramolecular charge transfer between the donating moiety and chlorine acceptor substituent, resulting in a 48 nm red shift of the λmax for the n→π* electronic transition. Oligomers prepared by horseradish peroxidase shows better fluorescence properties than the monomers. The use of oxidoreductase enzyme (HRP) as the catalyst, for the one-step oligomerization of the monomers demonstrated to yield fluorescent products. Photoluminescence (PL) measurements enlightened that emission quantum yields of PACl-E in DMF were found to be 18% and 4.2% at the maximum emission wavelength of 412 nm and 482 nm, respectively. it is considered as green oligomerization/polymerization method Since HRP catalysis provided a green oxidative oligomerization method of aniline and their derivatives, four oligomers were produced by peroxidase-catalyzed oxidation oligomerization in relation to their electronic properties. HOMO-LUMO energy levels were calculated to make comments about electrochemical (E′g) band gaps of the oligomers which were lower than those of their regarding monomers. SEM images were provided to study the morphology of the oligomers. Intermolecular dihydrophenazine formation in the course of enzymatic oligomerization would eventuate in highly ordered structures. Display omitted •The oligomers of 4-phenoxy aniline and 4-(4-chlorophenoxy)aniline were synthesized via the enzymatic and the chemical oxidative oligomerization routes.•Fluorescence quantum yields of blue emission for the enzymatically synthesized oligomers were calculated as 23% and 18% in DMF solution.•Residual amounts of oligomers synthesized were found to be in the range of 9–16%.•The enzymatic oligomerization could lead to the formation of more regular microstructures owing to the intermolecular dihydrophenazine.