3264-21-9Relevant articles and documents
A Very Convenient Synthesis of Cyclopentapyrene
Spijker, Nynke M.,Leersum, Anne M. van den Braken-van,Lugtenburg, Johan,Cornelisse, Jan
, p. 756 - 758 (1990)
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1-(Hydroxyacetyl)pyrene a new fluorescent phototrigger for cell imaging and caging of alcohols, phenol and adenosine
Jana, Avijit,Saha, Biswajit,Ikbal, Mohammed,Ghosh, Sudip Kumar,Singh, N. D. Pradeep
, p. 1558 - 1566 (2013/02/26)
1-(Hydroxyacetyl)pyrene has been introduced as a new fluorescent phototrigger for alcohols and phenols. Alcohols and phenols were protected as their corresponding carbonate esters by coupling with fluorescent phototrigger, 1-(hydroxyacetyl)pyrene. Photophysical studies of caged carbonates showed that they all exhibited strong fluorescence properties. Irradiation of the caged carbonates by visible light (≥410 nm) in aqueous acetonitrile released the corresponding alcohols or phenols in high chemical (95-97%) and quantum (0.17-0.21) yields. The mechanism for the photorelease was proposed based on Stern-Volmer quenching experiments and solvent effect studies. Importantly, 1-(hydroxyacetyl)pyrene showed as a phototrigger for rapid photorelease of the biologically active molecule adenosine. In vitro biological studies revealed that 1-(hydroxyacetyl)pyrene has good biocompatibility, cellular uptake property and cell imaging ability. The Royal Society of Chemistry and Owner Societies 2012.
Superacid-catalyzed dimerization/cyclization of isopropenyl-PAHs - Novel pathways to PAH dimers, phenalenes and their stable carbocations
Brule, Cedric,Sultana, Fatima,Hollenstein, Sandro,Okazaki, Takao,Laali, Kenneth K.
experimental part, p. 3700 - 3708 (2009/04/11)
The isopropenyl derivatives of representative classes of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) having four and five fused-ring systems, namely pyrene, chrysene, benzo[c]phenanthrene (BcPh), dibenzo[a,c]anthracene (benzo[f]tetraphene) and perylene, were synthesized by Wittig olefination from the corresponding acetyl-PAHs. Under the influence of triflic acid (TfOH), the isopropenyl derivatives were converted to novel PAH dimers and/or phenalenes in a simple one-pot procedure. A plausible mechanism for this process has been outlined, and the synthetic scope of this chemistry has been explored. Structural features in the PAH dimers were examined by DFT. As representative initial and final carbocation intermediates in the reaction sequence, stable carbocations derived from 3-isopropenylperylene and from 4,6,6-trimethyl-6H- dibenzo[a,kl]anthracene were generated and studied directly by NMR spectroscopy. The NMR characteristics and charge delocalization modes in the resulting benzylic carbocations are discussed. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 2008.