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Synthesis of alkyl-Substituted tribenzopentaphenes as versatile polycondensed aromatic hydrocarbon π-π stacking building blocks

Alameddine, Bassam ; Caba, Sofia Martin ; Schindler, Mauro ; Jenny, Titus A.

In: Synthesis, 2012, vol. 44, p. 1928-1934

We show the versatile synthesis of four tribenzopentaphene derivatives bearing alkyl side chains at three different positions. Substitutions on two of these positions led to subtle intensity changes at the lines of the blue emission, whereas alkylation in the bay region led to dimerization of the pentaphene derivative, resulting in a distortion of the chromophore geometry and an emission shift to...

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Synthesis of Hexa-peri-hexobenzocoronenes Carrying Linear or Branched Perfluoroalkylated Side Chains

Aebischer, Olivier F. ; Muñoz, David T. ; Tondo, Patrick ; Débieux, Jean-Luc ; Jenny, Titus A.

In: Synthesis, 2010, vol. 7, p. 1123-1140

Substituted disc-shaped perfluoroalkylated hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronenes (HBC), known to self-assemble into conducting ordered architectures, were synthesized and characterized. A systematic variation of the linear or branched perfluoroalkylated side chains was performed in order to screen the influence of the lateral chain on their one-dimensional self-aggregation.

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Palladium complexes containing potentially chelating pyridylidene-type carbene ligands

Poulain, Aurélie ; Neels, Antonia ; Albrecht, Martin

In: European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2009, no. 13, p. 1871 - 1881

Oxidative addition of 2-bromopyridine derivatives containing a potentially chelating donor group E (E = NMe₂, SMe, SPh) to palladium(0) gives C,E-bound pyridylpalladium(II) complexes. Mono-, di-, and polymeric palladium complexes are obtained depending on the type of functionalization at the pyridyl nitrogen. With a lone pair at nitrogen, dimetallic products are isolated, while...

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Synthesis of perfluoroalkylated bulky triarylamines

Alameddine, Bassam ; Savary, Corinne ; Aebischer, Olivier ; Jenny, Titus A.

In: Synthesis, 2007, p. 271-276

The synthesis of two new triarylamine compounds bearing perfluoroalkylated side chains is described. Good thermal stabilities combined with a blue emission make these compounds promising candidates for materials applications.

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Synthesis of Novel Fluorinated Hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronenes

Aebischer, Olivier F. ; Tondo, Patrick ; Alameddine, Bassam ; Jenny, Titus A.

In: Synthesis, 2006, vol. 17, p. 2891–2896

The synthesis of several perfluoroalkylated hexabenzocoronene derivatives is described. The substituents range from linear semiperfluoroalkylated chains to branched perfluoroalkylated chains. Novel strategies were applied to overcome the low solubility and the low reactivity of such chains.

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Synthesis of an unsymmetrically substituted, dithienylethene-containing 1,10-phenanthroline ligand and its ruthenium(ii) complex

Kühni, Joël ; Adamo, Vincent ; Belser, Peter

In: Synthesis, 2006, vol. 12, p. 1946-1948

The synthesis of an unsymmetrically substituted 1,10-phenanthroline ligand and its corresponding ruthenium(II) complex is reported. Suzuki coupling has been employed under different conditions to get the target ligand.