Issue 22, 2016

The synthesis of BN-embedded tetraphenes and their photophysical properties

Abstract

A series of intensely blue fluorescent BN-embedded tetraphene derivatives have been synthesized by the catalytic cyclization of BN-naphthalenes with alkynes. The BN-tetraphene can be selectively functionalized to give a substituted derivative via bromination followed by a cross-coupling reaction. The electronic and photophysical properties of the novel BN-tetraphene system were investigated using UV-vis and fluorescence spectroscopy, electrochemical cyclic voltammetry, and DFT calculations, which disclosed its distinct electronic and photophysical properties from the analogous hydrocarbon system.

Graphical abstract: The synthesis of BN-embedded tetraphenes and their photophysical properties

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
07 Jan 2016
Accepted
16 Feb 2016
First published
17 Feb 2016

Chem. Commun., 2016,52, 4227-4230

The synthesis of BN-embedded tetraphenes and their photophysical properties

H. Huang, Z. Pan and C. Cui, Chem. Commun., 2016, 52, 4227 DOI: 10.1039/C6CC00161K

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