Phosphazenes
have drawn a great deal of interest over the past
20 years as a potentially useful building block for the fabrication
of fluorescent materials. The main objective of this work is to explore
novel derivatives produced by coumarins, a class of chemicals well-known
for their photophysical importance, and cyclophosphazenes. UV absorbance,
fluorescence emission, quantum yield, and lifetime measurements were
conducted to comprehend the optical properties. Furthermore, single-crystal
X-ray analysis and theoretical calculations were carried out to confirm
the structure of the molecule. The obtained findings collectively
confirm the commendable optical properties exhibited by the studied
compounds. Moreover, a detailed study of the crystal packing arrangement
of DPP-Et-Kum-Et compound crystallized in the P21/n monoclinic space group
revealed the presence of stacking interactions between the nonplanar
conjugated benzene rings of the coumarins and the rigid diphenyl groups
attached to the phosphazene ring. The crystal structure of the DPP-Kum-Me-Me compound is mainly based on classical C–H···O
intermolecular hydrogen bonding interactions with an average distance
of 2.52 Å. Importantly, the calculated absorption spectra of
the compounds are in close agreement with the experimental data, further
supporting their interesting electronic properties. Given that the DPP-Et-Kum-Et and DPP-Kum-Et compounds have the
theoretically lowest band gaps (4.31 and 4.30 eV, respectively), the
activation energies of these compounds were determined by an impedance
analyzer using dc conductance values measured at different temperatures.
The calculated activation energies for DPP-Et-Kum-Et and DPP-Kum-Et are 104.49 and 100.92 meV, respectively. The results
demonstrate that both theoretical and experimental calculations are
in agreement with each other and that the DPP-Kum-Et compound
has the lowest conductivity.