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Modular Synthesis of Pentagonal and Hexagonal Ring-Fused NBN-Phenalenes Leading to an Excited-State Aromatization-Induced Structural Planarization Molecular Library
Ju, Cheng-Wei,Li, Bo,Li, Lianghui,Yan, Weiguang,Cui, Chunming,Ma, Xiaonan,Zhao, Dongbing
, p. 5903 - 5916 (2021)
Although polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) with a nitrogen-boron-nitrogen (NBN) moiety have recently attracted tremendous interest due to their intriguing electronic and optoelectronic properties, all of the NBN-fused π-systems reported to date are called NBN-dibenzophenalenes and were synthesized by electrophilic aromatic substitution. The synthesis of NBN-phenalenes remains challenging, and transition-metal catalysis has never been utilized to construct NBN-embedded π-scaffolds. Herein, a palladium-catalyzed cyclization/bicyclization strategy was developed for the synthesis of diverse pentagonal and hexagonal ring-fused NBN-phenalenes and half-NBN-phenalenes. All of the NBN-embedded π-scaffolds presented in our paper are fluorescent in both solution and the solid state. Further investigations showed that the five-membered NBN rings exhibit the properties of traditional luminogens, while those with a six-membered NBN ring generally undergo photoinduced structural planarization (PISP) and exhibit different colors and quantum yields of fluorescence with different concentrations in solution. Time-resolved spectroscopy and TD-DFT calculations revealed that excited-state aromatization is the driving force for PISP in hexagonal ring-fused NBN-πsystems, leading to the formation of excimers. Notably, the scope of PISP compounds is still quite limited, and PISP has never been observed in NBN-πsystems before. These hexagonal ring-fused NBN-πsystems constitute a novel PISP molecular library and appear to be a new class of aggregation-induced excimer emission (AIEE) materials. Finally, the AIEE behavior of these six-membered NBN rings was applied to the detection of nitro explosives, achieving excellent sensitivity. In general, this work provides a new viewpoint for synthesizing NBN-fused π-systems and understanding the excited-state motion of luminogens.
Cyclic Diaryl λ3-Bromanes as Original Aryne Precursors
Dherbassy, Quentin,Lanzi, Matteo,Wencel-Delord, Joanna
supporting information, p. 14852 - 14857 (2021/05/31)
Despite the widespread application of hypervalent iodines, the corresponding λ3-bromanes are less explored. Herein we report a general, safe, and high-yielding strategy to access cyclic diaryl λ3-bromanes. These unique compounds feature reactivity that is appealing and complementary to that of λ3-iodanes, generating arynes under mild reaction conditions and in the presence of a weak base. Accordingly, formal meta-selective transition-metal-free C–O and C–N couplings may be achieved. Mechanistic studies unambiguously support the aryne generation mechanism.