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Synfacts 2006(5): 0449-0449  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-934379
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
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π-Extended Perylenebisimide Near IR Dyes

Contributor(s): Timothy M. Swager, Jean Bouffard
N. G. Pschirer, C. Kohl, F. Nolde, J. Qu, K. Müllen*
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany
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21 April 2006 (online)

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Significance

Perylenebisimide dyes are widely used in applications ranging from the biomedical to the materials fields due to their high extinction coefficients and stabilities. Soluble extended penta- and hexaarylenebisimide dyes are prepared expediently through the combination of a Suzuki cross-coupling and a mild dehydrogenative cyclization.