Synfacts 2010(4): 0412-0412  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1219604
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
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Pyridyl Annelated Perylene Bisimides

Contributor(s): Timothy M. Swager, Brett VanVeller
W. Jiang, Y. Li, W. Yue, Y. Zhen, J. Qu, Z. Wang*
Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P. R. of China and BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany
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Publication Date:
22 March 2010 (online)

Significance

The authors report the synthesis of pyridyl-annelated perylene bisimides through a one-pot Suzuki reaction and light-promoted ­cyclization. These compounds show the possibility for tuning of their optical properties through the pyridine moiety.