Synthesis of Fluorine??Containing Molecular Rotors and Their Assembly on Gold Nanoparticles

D Thibeault, M Auger, JF Morin

Index: Thibeault, Dominic; Auger, Michele; Morin, Jean-Francois European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2010 , # 16 p. 3049 - 3067

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Abstract

Abstract A series of eight rotors containing thiol groups for attachment to gold surfaces and fluorine atoms for solid-state 19 F NMR spectroscopy have been prepared through linear, multistep synthesis. The common rotating part of the rotors (rotator), consisting of a 2, 6- difluorobenzene moiety, is introduced into the rotor structure through an unusual regioselective Sonogashira coupling with 2, 6-difluoro-1, 4-diiodobenzene. Rotors with ...