PN-Containing Pyrene Derivatives: Synthesis, Structure, and Photophysical Properties

Org Lett. 2019 Aug 16;21(16):6427-6431. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.9b02332. Epub 2019 Jul 26.

Abstract

A straightforward method for the preparation of non-K region fused phosphorus- and nitrogen-containing (PN)-heterocyclic pyrenes has been accomplished. Their structural, photophysical, and electrochemical properties have been fully investigated. The described compounds exhibit intriguing redox properties and show strong photoluminescence with a wide range of tunable emission colors, with λem ranging from blue at 459 nm to red at 622 nm in CH2Cl2 solution.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Cyclization
  • Density Functional Theory
  • Electrochemical Techniques
  • Fluorescence
  • Luminescence
  • Molecular Probes / chemistry
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nitrogen / chemistry
  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Phosphorus / chemistry
  • Pyrenes / chemical synthesis
  • Pyrenes / chemistry*
  • Quantum Theory
  • Solvents / chemistry

Substances

  • Molecular Probes
  • Pyrenes
  • Solvents
  • Phosphorus
  • Nitrogen