Chemical Communications 2015-11-11

A boron-doped helicene as a highly soluble, benchtop-stable green emitter.

Kai Schickedanz, Timo Trageser, Michael Bolte, Hans-Wolfram Lerner, Matthias Wagner

Index: Chem. Commun. (Camb.) 51(87) , 15808-10, (2015)

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Abstract

The high-yield synthesis of a boron-doped [4]helicene was achieved through a Ni-mediated Yamamoto C-C-coupling reaction; the moderate distortion of the molecular scaffold confers excellent solubility to the air- and water-stable green luminophore.