Abstract
Soluble and stable zethrenebis(dicarboximide) (1) was synthesized by an in situ Stille cross coupling/transannular cyclization reaction. 1 showed largely improved photostability and solubility compared with the very unstable zethrene and it also exhibited far-red absorption and emission with high photoluminescence quantum yield. Bromination of 1 with NBS/DMF gave its quinone form 2 via an unusual pathway. © 2010 American Chemical Society.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 4690-4693 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Organic Letters |
Volume | 12 |
Issue number | 20 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 15 2010 |
Bibliographical note
KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01Acknowledgements: J W would like to acknowledge financial support from Singapore DSTA DIRP Project (DSTA-NUS-DIRP/2008/03), the NRF Competitive Research Program (R-143-000-360-281), and NUS Young Investigator Award (R-143-000-356-101) K-W H acknowledges the financial support from KAUST
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry
- Organic Chemistry
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry